Bush v. Gore

Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), was a controversial U.S. Supreme Court case heard on December 11, 2000. The decision directly affected the result of the 2000 presidential election because it stopped the statewide recount that was occurring in Florida and allowed Florida to certify George W. Bush the winner for the State of Florida. With Florida's 25 electoral votes, Bush had enough electoral votes to win the Presidency.

References

• US Supreme Court Opinion

:*Concurrence, Rehnquist

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:*Dissent, Stevens

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:*Dissent, Souter

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:*Dissent, Ginsburg

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:*Dissent, Breyer

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• Florida Supreme Court Opinion
• Documents Related to the 2000 Election Dispute
• Election 2000 Timeline
• Commentary on the case:

:*Jamin Raskin: "Bandits in Black Robes"

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:*Mark Levine: "The 'Gore Exception'"

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:*Laurence Tribe: "The Unbearable Wrongness of Bush v. Gore"

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:*Peter Berkowitz & Benjamin Wittes: "The Professors and Bush v. Gore"

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:*Peter Berkowitz & Benjamin Wittes: "The Lawfulness of the Election Decision"

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:*Nelson Lund: "The Unbearable Rightness of Bush v. Gore"

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