Bush v. Gore
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Bush v. Gore

The Question of Legitimacy

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Bush v. Gore

The Question of Legitimacy

About this book

The Supreme Court’s intervention in the 2000 election will shape American law and democracy long after George W. Bush has left the White House. This vitally important book brings together a broad range of preeminent legal scholars who address the larger questions raised by the Supreme Court’s actions. Did the Court’s decision violate the rule of law? Did it inaugurate an era of super-politicized jurisprudence? How should Bush v. Gore change the terms of debate over the next round of Supreme Court appointments?

The contributors—Bruce Ackerman, Jack Balkin, Guido Calabresi, Steven Calabresi, Owen Fiss, Charles Fried, Robert Post, Margaret Jane Radin, Jeffrey Rosen, Jed Rubenfeld, Cass Sunstein, Laurence Tribe, and Mark Tushnet—represent a broad political spectrum. Their reactions to the case are varied and surprising, filled with sparkling argument and spirited debate. This is a must-read book for thoughtful Americans everywhere.

Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction: The Question of Legitimacy
  3. PART ONE. The Rule of Law?
  4. 1. An Unreasonable Reaction to a Reasonable Decision
  5. 2. Not as Bad as Plessy. Worse
  6. 3. eroG .v hsuB: Through the Looking Glass
  7. 4. In Partial (but not Partisan) Praise of Principle
  8. 5. The Fallibility of Reason
  9. 6. Sustaining the Premise of Legality: Learning to Live with Bush v. Gore
  10. 7. Can the Rule of Law Survive Bush v. Gore?
  11. PART TWO. Political Questions
  12. 8. A Political Question
  13. 9. Political Questions and the Hazards of Pragmatism
  14. 10. The Conservatism in Bush v. Gore
  15. 11. Does the Constitution Enact the Republican Party Platform? Beyond Bush v. Gore
  16. 12. O√ Balance
  17. 13. Legitimacy and the 2000 Election
  18. Contributors
  19. Index