Bush v. Gore: Exposing the Growing Crisis in American Democracy
Who could forget the Supreme Court's controversial 5-4 decision in Bush v. Gore or the 2000 presidential campaign and election that preceded it? Hanging chads, butterfly ballots, endless recounts, raucous allegations, and a constitutional crisis were all roiled into a confusing and potentially dangerous mix—until the Supreme Court decision allowed George W. Bush to become the 43rd President of the United States, despite losing the popular vote to Al Gore.

Praised by scholars and political pundits alike, the original edition of Charles Zelden's book set a new standard for our understanding of that monumental decision. A probing chronicle and critique of the vexing and acrimonious affair, it offered the most accurate and up-to-date analysis of a remarkable episode in American politics. Highly readable, its comprehensive coverage, depth of documentation and detail, and analytic insights remain unrivaled on the subject.

In this third expanded edition Zelden offers a powerful history of voting rights and elections in America since 2000. Bush v. Gore exposes the growing crisis by detailing the numerous ways in which the unlearned and wrongly learned "lessons of 2000" have impacted American election law through the growth of voter suppression via legislation and administrative rulings, and, provides a clear warning of how unchecked partisanship arising out of Bush v. Gore threatens to undermine American democracy in general and the 2020 election in particular.
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Bush v. Gore: Exposing the Growing Crisis in American Democracy
Who could forget the Supreme Court's controversial 5-4 decision in Bush v. Gore or the 2000 presidential campaign and election that preceded it? Hanging chads, butterfly ballots, endless recounts, raucous allegations, and a constitutional crisis were all roiled into a confusing and potentially dangerous mix—until the Supreme Court decision allowed George W. Bush to become the 43rd President of the United States, despite losing the popular vote to Al Gore.

Praised by scholars and political pundits alike, the original edition of Charles Zelden's book set a new standard for our understanding of that monumental decision. A probing chronicle and critique of the vexing and acrimonious affair, it offered the most accurate and up-to-date analysis of a remarkable episode in American politics. Highly readable, its comprehensive coverage, depth of documentation and detail, and analytic insights remain unrivaled on the subject.

In this third expanded edition Zelden offers a powerful history of voting rights and elections in America since 2000. Bush v. Gore exposes the growing crisis by detailing the numerous ways in which the unlearned and wrongly learned "lessons of 2000" have impacted American election law through the growth of voter suppression via legislation and administrative rulings, and, provides a clear warning of how unchecked partisanship arising out of Bush v. Gore threatens to undermine American democracy in general and the 2020 election in particular.
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Bush v. Gore: Exposing the Growing Crisis in American Democracy

Bush v. Gore: Exposing the Growing Crisis in American Democracy

by Charles L. Zelden
Bush v. Gore: Exposing the Growing Crisis in American Democracy

Bush v. Gore: Exposing the Growing Crisis in American Democracy

by Charles L. Zelden

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Who could forget the Supreme Court's controversial 5-4 decision in Bush v. Gore or the 2000 presidential campaign and election that preceded it? Hanging chads, butterfly ballots, endless recounts, raucous allegations, and a constitutional crisis were all roiled into a confusing and potentially dangerous mix—until the Supreme Court decision allowed George W. Bush to become the 43rd President of the United States, despite losing the popular vote to Al Gore.

Praised by scholars and political pundits alike, the original edition of Charles Zelden's book set a new standard for our understanding of that monumental decision. A probing chronicle and critique of the vexing and acrimonious affair, it offered the most accurate and up-to-date analysis of a remarkable episode in American politics. Highly readable, its comprehensive coverage, depth of documentation and detail, and analytic insights remain unrivaled on the subject.

In this third expanded edition Zelden offers a powerful history of voting rights and elections in America since 2000. Bush v. Gore exposes the growing crisis by detailing the numerous ways in which the unlearned and wrongly learned "lessons of 2000" have impacted American election law through the growth of voter suppression via legislation and administrative rulings, and, provides a clear warning of how unchecked partisanship arising out of Bush v. Gore threatens to undermine American democracy in general and the 2020 election in particular.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780700629671
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 07/16/2020
Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 360
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Charles L. Zelden is professor of history at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. His previous books include Thurgood Marshall: Race, Rights, and the Struggle for a More Perfect Union and Battle for the Black Ballot: Smith v. Allwright and the Defeat of the Texas All-White Primary (Kansas).

Table of Contents

Editors' Preface vii

Preface: The Case That Must Be Named ix

Acknowledgments xiii

1 A Vote Too Close to Call 1

2 Enter the Lawyers 17

3 Eye of the Beholder 37

4 The Battlefield of Litigation 61

5 The Ticking of the Clock 84

6 Ballots before the Bench 112

7 "A Florida Hurricane Heading to Washington" 139

8 Headfirst into the Political Thicket 166

9 A Self-Inflicted Wound? 189

10 The Unlearned Lessons of 2000 230

11 (Wrong) Lessons Learned: Bush v. Gore at Twenty 257

Afterword: The Process Matters 298

Chronology: A Time Line of Events for the 2000 Presidential Postelection Crisis 303

Bibliographic Essay 317

Index 325

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