Title:
Understanding the 2000 election : a guide to the legal battles that decided the presidency
Author:
Greene, Abner, 1960-
ISBN:
9780814731482
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : New York University Press, c2001.
Physical Description:
vi, 202 p. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
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.000000
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