On December 12, 2000, a controversial decision by the Supreme
Court of the United States effectively ended the disputed
presidential contest between George W. Bush and Albert Gore Jr.
with a 5-4 ruling that revealed the court to be as bitterly divided
as the electorate. Four days earlier, the Florida Supreme Court had
abruptly changed the dynamics of the election by reversing a lower
court and ordering hand recounts of "undervotes" statewide. The
U.S. Supreme Court quickly stepped in to halt the recounts and
agreed to hear Bush v. Gore. After brief oral arguments and a short
period of deliberation, the high court reversed the state court
decision. The justices in both cases were bitterly divided, and
passionate language emerged in both the majority rulings and the
dissents. The drama and divisiveness of this extraordinary saga
come to life in the rulings, opinions, and dissents from these two
cases: U.S. Supreme Court case 00-949 (Bush v. Gore) and Florida
Supreme Court case 00-2431 (Gore v. Harris). The first section of
this volume gathers the complete text of both rulings, along with
selections from oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court case. The
second section of the book gathers the most significant opinion
pieces from journalists and scholars on both sides of the political
fence. Selected and organized by political analysts E.J. Dionne and
William Kristol, these articles illuminate the perspectives of both
sides about the various twists and turns in the post-election
campaign, and the landmark judicial intervention. A companion
website will provide links to documents from additional legal
proceedings and other related documents and writings. The legal and
historical significance of the 2000 election will be studied and
debated for years to come. This volume combines the most important
source documents with the most intelligent opinion and analysis
about the conflict and its controversial resolution.
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