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This Week's Suggested Book
from the
Ashbrook Center
(Week of June 18, 2001)

Bush V Gore:
The Court Cases and the Commentary

by: E.J. Dionne Jr. and William Kristol

Brookings Institute
288 pages, 2001
$15.95 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0815701071

A percentage of the proceeds from your purchase of this book from Amazon.com will benefit the Ashbrook Center.

Book Descrption

The Five Week Recount War that followed the 2000 presidential election generated tumultuous debate in the courts of justice as well as the court of public opinion. This debate engaged fundamental issues of the democratic process, including obligations of fairness and equality and the roles of elected bodies and the courts in interpreting and vindicating the Constitution. BUSH v. GORE captures this historic conversation by gathering the landmark legal cases from the Supreme Court of Florida and the U.S. Supreme Court along with the best editorial commentary from prominent journalists and scholars on both sides of the political divide.

Contributors include: George F. Will, Scott Turow, Griffin Bell, Lani Guinier, Charles Krauthammer, Jesse L. Jackson and John J. Sweeney, David Tell, Thomas L. Friedman, Michael McConnell, Hendrik Hertzberg, Ramesh Ponnuru, Akhil Reed Amar, John Yoo, Linda Greenhouse, Nelson Lund, Pamela S. Karlan and others.

Introduction: The Florida Moment
Court Cases
Advisory Opinion DE 00-10, Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, November 13, 2000
Advisory Opinion DE 00-11, Florida Department of Sate, Division of Elections, November 13, 2000
Advisory Opinion DE 00-13, Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, November 13, 2000
Advisory Legal Opinion AGO 2000-65, Florida Attorney General, November 14, 2000
McDermott v. Harris, Leon County (Florida) Circuit Court, November 14, 2000
Palm Beach County Canvassing Board v. Harris, Supreme Court of Florida, November 21, 2000
Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board, Supreme Court of the United States, December 4, 2000
Gore v. Harris, Leon County (Florida) Circuit Court, December 4, 2000
Gore v. Harris, Supreme Court of Florida, December 8, 2000
Bush v. Gore, Supreme Court of the United States, December 9, 2000
Bush v. Gore, Supreme Court of the United States, December 12, 2000
Gore v. Harris, Supreme Court of Florida, Order on Remand, December 14, 2000, Opinion December 22, 2000
Commentary: November 7-21, 2000
E.J. Dionne Jr. Scrap This System
David Tell and William Kristol Gore's Spoiled Ballot
Akhil Reed Amar The Electoral College, Unfair from Day One
The Editors A Gore Coup d'Etat?
The Editors A Time to Act Presidential
Griffin Bell Counting the Vote: Stop This Litigation
Jane Mayer Dept. of Close Calls: George W.'s Cousin
E.J. Dionne Jr. Suddenly, Bush Likes the Lawyers
David Tell The Gore Coup
Thomas L. Friedman Can Gore Ever Win?
Richard Lowry Why the Restraint?
Commentary: November 22-December 9, 2000
Alan Brinkley and Michael W. McConnell What Now?
George F. Will This Willful Court
Michael W. McConnell Supremely Ill-Judged
Jonathan Rauch Hands Off
Thomas E. Mann Gore Owes It to the Nation to Fight On
Charles Krauthammer Our Imperial Judiciary
William Kristol Crowning the Imperial Judiciary
Michael Kinsley Deadlines and Dishonesty
Ramesh Ponnuru The Judicial-Activist State
Ronal Dworkin The Phantom Poll Booth
E.J. Dionne Jr. Florida Fatigue
John Yoo A Legislature's Duty
Peter M. Shane Rein in the Legislature
John Mintz and Dan Keating Florida Ballot Spoilage Likelier for Blacks
Noemie Emery First Principles in Florida
Thomas Oliphant Gov. Bush's Cynical End-Around in the Florida Legislature
Bob Herbert Keep Them Out!
Harold Meyerson W. Stands for Wrongful
E.J. Dionne Jr. Double Standard
Colbert I. King Ghosts in Florida
Commentary: December 10-13, 2000
William Kristol A President by Judicial Fiat
Robert N. Hochman Our Robed Masters
E.J. Dionne Jr. Let the Voters Decide
Michael Greve The Equal-Protection Card
Pamela S. Karlan The Court Casts Its Vote
Randy E. Barnett Left Tells Right: "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose"
Ronald Brownstein In Blocking Vote Count, High Court Shows Which Team It's Rooting For
Nicholas Confessore Florida's Silver Lining
Jesse L. Jackson and John J. Sweeney Let the Count Continue
Larry D. Kramer No Surprise. It's an Activist Court
George F. Will Judicial Activism on Trial
Commentary: December 14, 2000�
Frank Cerabino A Place Forever Changed by Indecision 2000
Richard A. Epstein Constitutional Crash Landing
E.J. Dionne Jr. So Much for States' Rights
Michael W. McConnell A Muddled Ruling
Eric Foner Partisanship Rules
Mary McGrory Supreme Travesty of Justice
Linda Greenhouse Another Kind of Bitter Split
Anthony Lewis A Failure of Reason
Scott Turow A Brand New Game
Lani Guinier A New Voting Rights Movement
David Tell The Bush Victory
Jeffrey Rosen The Supreme Court Commits Suicide
The Editors Unsafe Harbor
Nelson Lund An Act of Courage
John J. DiLulio Jr. Equal Protection Run Amok
Michael S. Greve TheRealDivision in the Court
Hendrik Hertzberg Eppur Si Muove
Stuart Taylor Jr. Why the Florida Recount Was Egregiously One-Sided
Randall Kennedy Contempt of Court
Cass Sunstein and Harvey J. Mansfield What We'll Remember in 2050

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