Understanding the 2000 election
Subtitle: a guide to the legal battles that decided the presidency
By: Abner Greene.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Bush, George W. 1946- -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Gore, Albert, 1948- -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Contested elections -- United States.; Contested elections -- Florida.; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2000.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: value: Winning the presidency : the electoral vote; value: Manual recounts: in Florida and across the nation; value: Protesting the election: what sort of deadline was November 14?; value: Contesting the election: what does the law mean by "rejection of legal votes"?; value: Challenging hand counts in Federal Court : the seed is planted; value: The "safe-harbor" provision and article II of the Constitution: did the Florida Supreme Court rewrite Florida law?; value: Article II of the U.S. Constitution : did the Florida Supreme Court improperly rely on the Florida Constitution?; value: The U.S. Supreme Court asks for clarification : the Florida Supreme Court responds; value: The U.S. Supreme Court ends the election : the unconstitutionality of Florida's hand counts and the ultimate significance of December 12; value: The "butterfly ballot" : Palm Beach county and 3,407 Buchanan votes; value: Absentee ballots: Seminole and Martin counties and a printer's error; value: The Florida legislature: what was its proper role?; value: The U.S. Congress : the unused court of last resort.