Why the Supreme Court should not have decided the presidential election of 2000. Jesse H. Choper.
Constitutional Commentary Summer 2001 v18 i2 p335(23)
Instructions: Locate this article by visiting http://www.infotrac-college.com and entering "Choper Supreme Court election" as Keyword search terms, and then answer the following questions.
1. By what vote count did the Supreme Court make George W. Bush president in 2000?
2. Who comprised the "conservative majority" on the court, and how did they vote in the case?
3. Why did the decision in this case seem partisan to many people?
4. Why does the author think that the Bush v. Gore decision damaged the credibility of the Supreme Court?
5. In what way was the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause an important aspect of Bush v. Gore?.
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