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Understanding the 2000 Election [electronic resource] : A Guide to the Legal Battles that Decided the Presidency / Abner Greene.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greene, Abner, 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States--Election--2000.
- Presidents.
- Contested elections--Florida.
- Contested elections.
- Contested elections--United States.
- Gore, Al, 1948---Trials, litigation, etc.
- Gore, Al.
- Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946---Trials, litigation, etc.
- Bush, George W.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : New York University Press, [2001]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Paperback Edition: Updated and with a New Foreword. The 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 historians, lawyers, political scientists, media critics and others for years to come. Even for those who followed the events most closely, the legal twists and turns of the post-election struggles seemed at times bewildering. We witnessed manual recounts of election ballots, GOP federal court law
- Contents:
- Winning the presidency : the electoral vote
- Manual recounts: in Florida and across the nation
- Protesting the election: what sort of deadline was November 14?
- Contesting the election: what does the law mean by "rejection of legal votes"?
- Challenging hand counts in Federal Court : the seed is planted
- The "safe-harbor" provision and article II of the Constitution: did the Florida Supreme Court rewrite Florida law?
- Article II of the U.S. Constitution : did the Florida Supreme Court improperly rely on the Florida Constitution?
- The U.S. Supreme Court asks for clarification : the Florida Supreme Court responds
- The U.S. Supreme Court ends the election : the unconstitutionality of Florida's hand counts and the ultimate significance of December 12
- The "butterfly ballot" : Palm Beach county and 3,407 Buchanan votes
- Absentee ballots: Seminole and Martin counties and a printer's error
- The Florida legislature: what was its proper role?
- The U.S. Congress : the unused court of last resort.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8147-3324-7
- OCLC:
- 779828102
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