The vote : Bush, Gore, and the Supreme Court / edited by Cass R. Sunstein and Richard A. Epstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sunstein, Cass R.

Epstein, Richard Allen, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946---Trials, litigation, etc.

Bush, George W.

Gore, Al, 1948---Trials, litigation, etc.

Gore, Al.

Gore, Al, 1948-.

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-.

Contested elections--United States.

Contested elections.

Elections.

United States.

Contested elections--Florida.

Florida.

Elections--United States--President--2000.

Genre:

Trials, litigation, etc.

Trial and arbitral proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 266 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Summary:

AcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsIntroduction: Of Law and Politics--Cass R. Sunstein"In such Manner as the Legislature Thereof May Direct": The Outcome in Bush v Gore Defended--Richard A. EpsteinLeaving the Decision to Congress--Elizabeth GarrettPolitical Judgments--Samuel IssacharoffThe Newest Equal Protection: Regressive Doctrine on a Changeable Court--Pamela S. KarlanTwo-and-a-Half Cheers for Bush v Gore--Michael W. McConnellSuspicion, or the New Prince--Frank I. MichelmanDemocracy and Disorder--Richard H. PildesBush v Gore: Prolegomenon to an Assessment--Richard A. PosnerBush v Gore: What Were They Thinking?--David A. StraussOrder Without Law--Cass R. SunsteinIn Defense of the Court's Legitimacy--John C. YooAfterword: Whither Electoral Reforms in the Wake of Bush v Gore--Richard A. EpsteinIndex

Contents:

Introduction: Of Law and Politics / Cass R. Sunstein 1

1. "In such Manner as the Legislature Thereof May Direct": The Outcome in Bush v Gore Defended / Richard A. Epstein 13

2. Leaving the Decision to Congress / Elizabeth Garrett 38

3. Political Judgments / Samuel Issacharoff 55

4. The Newest Equal Protection: Regressive Doctrine on a Changeable Court / Pamela S. Karlan 77

5. Two-and-a-Half Cheers for Bush v Gore / Michael W. McConnell 98

6. Suspicion, or the New Prince / Frank I. Michelman 123

7. Democracy and Disorder / Richard H. Pildes 140

8. Bush v Gore: Prolegomenon to an Assessment / Richard A. Posner 165

9. Bush v Gore: What Were They Thinking? / David A. Strauss 184

10. Order Without Law / Cass R. Sunstein 205

11. In Defense of the Court's Legitimacy / John C. Yoo 223

Afterword: Whither Electoral Reforms in the Wake of Bush v Gore? / Richard A. Epstein 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0226213064

0226213072

0226213080

OCLC:

47208484