Understanding the 2000 Election : : A Guide to the Legal Battles that Decided the Presidency /

Understanding the 2000 Election : : A Guide to the Legal Battles that Decided the Presidency / / Abner Greene.

Paperback Edition: Updated and with a New ForewordThe nation will not soon forget the drama of the 2000 presidential election. For five weeks we were transfixed by the legal clashes that enveloped the country from election night to the Gore concession. It was instant history, and will be studied by...

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Greene, Abner,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2001]
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Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • 1 Winning the Presidency: The Electoral Vote
  • Part I. Counting by Hand
  • 2 Manual Recounts: In Florida, and Across the Nation
  • 3 Protesting the Election: What Sort of Deadline Was November 14?
  • 4 Contesting the Election: What Does the Law Mean by “Rejection of Legal Votes”?
  • 5 Challenging Hand Counts in Federal Court: The Seed Is Planted
  • Part II. The Bush Attack on the Florida Supreme Court
  • 6 The “Safe-Harbor” Provision and Article II of the Constitution: Did the Florida Supreme Court Rewrite Florida Law?
  • 7 Article II of the U.S. Constitution: Did the Florida Supreme Court Improperly Rely on the Florida Constitution?
  • 8 The U.S. Supreme Court Asks for Clarification: The Florida Supreme Court Responds
  • Part III. The End of the Road
  • 9 The U.S. Supreme Court Ends the Election: The Unconstitutionality of Florida’s Hand Counts and the Ultimate Significance of December 12
  • Part IV. The Wild-Card Lawsuits
  • 10 The “Butterfly Ballot”: Palm Beach County and 3,407 Buchanan Votes
  • 11 Absentee Ballots: Seminole and Martin Counties and a Printer’s Error
  • Part V. The Legislative Role
  • 12 The Florida Legislature: What Was Its Proper Role?
  • 13 The U.S. Congress: The Unused Court of Last Resort
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index
  • About the Author

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