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Cos Texts - Election 2000 last updated 2002-05-10

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The US Presidential election of 2000 pissed me off. Particularly the Florida recount, and the associated Supreme Court decisions. I've collected some documents related to this election, here. Some are my own rants, some are from the net or other people.

  • A few rants I posted to a discussion mailing list I participate in...
  • My essay on the topic of, who won? Bush or Gore?
  • A few comments on the Supreme Court cases, Rehnquist v. Gore
  • Mark Levine's The Gore Exception (aka "Layman's Guide to the Supreme Court Decision"), updated with a long Q&A postscript.
  • Anthony G. Amsterdam's article, The Law Is Left Twisting Slowly in the Wind, published in the LA Times
  • Excerpts from The Congressional Record of some attempts to object to Florida's electors when votes were officially counted.
  • Finally, the media consortium that counted all the votes found that Gore won.

    • Links

  • Salon writer John W Dean reviewed a bunch of Election 2000 books
  • The Miami Herald had very good, comprehensive Election 2000 coverage, but it's no longer easily accessible. They have archives you can access by subscription.
  • A statement signed by several hundred law professors, condeming the US Supreme Court decisions in Rehnquist v. Gore (technically Bush v. Gore)
  • The Butterfly Ballot: Anatomy of a Disaster by Tog (authority on user interfaces, and Apple's original user interface designer)

  • The Onion was the only national media outlet to correctly call the election.
  • The Onion, again: Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity is Finally Over

    • Court Documents

  • Florida Supreme Court ruling of 2000-11-21, allowing hand recounts to continue
  • The first Supreme Court case, Bush v. Palm Beach
  • Bush's petition to the Court
  • The Court's unanimous remand
  • The Supreme Court opinions in Rehnquist v. Gore (technically Bush v. Gore)
  • The 5-4 grant of stay, and dissents [2000-12-09]
  • The final 5-4 ruling and dissents [2000-12-12]
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