Judging the Supreme Court
Subtitle: constructions of motives in Bush v. Gore
By: Clarke Rountree.
Series: Rhetoric and public affairs series
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: East Lansing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 510
ISBN-13: 9780870138096
Subjects: Bush, George W. -- 1946- -- Trials, litigation, etc; Gore, Albert, -- 1948- -- Trials, litigation, etc; United States. -- Supreme Court -- History; Contested elections -- United States -- History; Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-495) and index.
Table of contents: title: Judicial motives in American jurisprudence; title: The road to Bush v. Gore; title: The United States Supreme Court decides the election; title: The dissent reconstructs majority action; title: Reporters reconstruct the Supreme Court's action; title: Editorialists reconstruct Bush v. Gore; title: Scholars reconstruct the stay decision; title: Scholars reconstruct how the court reached its decision; title: Scholars reconstruct why the court reached its decision; title: Scholars reconstruct who decided Bush v. Gore; title: Scholars reconstruct when and where the court reached its decision and what it was doing; title: Scholars reconstruct Rehnquist's concurring opinion; title: Judging the Supreme Court and its judges.