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| Genre/Form: | Trials, litigation, etc |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | George W Bush; Albert Gore; George W Bush; Al Gore; George Walker Bush; Albert Gore |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Abner Greene |
| ISBN: | 0814731481 9780814731482 |
| OCLC Number: | 46937439 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | vi, 202 p. ; 24 cm. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | Abner Greene. |
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"Superbly organized, with clarity and concision, Greene's book offers a highly readable, nonpartisan guidebook for those who don't speak legalese." --The National Journal "When future historians chronicle the battle of Bush v. Gore, they'll turn to Understanding the 2000 Election. Greene provides a clear, sophisticated, and accessible guide through the thicket of law and politics that surrounded the most surreal Presidential election of modern times." --George Stephanopoulos "Abner Greene is not only an outstanding legal analyst but agifted storyteller. He has given us an extraordinarily thoughtful, illuminating and (happily) highly readable account of the various legal battles fought in the five weeks after the 2000 Election. The author promises to break down the complexity of the legal issues so lawyers and nonlawyers alike can follow along--and he succeeds brilliantly." --Yale Kamisar, Clarence Darrow Distinguished University Professor of Law, University of Michigan "The 2000 presidential election will be remembered as one of the most astonishing political, legal and constitutional events in American history. In Understanding the 2000 Election, Abner Greene traces each step in this extraordinary story with clarity and insight. With a careful eye for detail, and a generous perspective that highlights his sense of the good faith of each of the conflicting participants, Greene offers what will inevitably be a controversial understanding of these events that reveals the 2000 presidential election as a triumph of law and civility over brute politics and unprincipled power." --Geoffrey R. Stone, Harry Kalven, Jr., Distinguished Service Professor of Law, The University of Chicago "In an attempt to avoid heated rhetoric ... Abner Greene's book ... offers a simple and straightforward explanation of key terms in the litigation process, as well as the statutory and constitutional provisions at issue. It offers no real commentary on whether any of the court decisions at any level were right or wrong. Instead, it leaves all analysis of the situation to the reader. The book is a good step-by-step discussion of this complicated litigation... worthwhile just for its clear and concise definitions of the terminology that all the election lawsuits produced." --Law and Politics Book Review Read more...
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