Professor William G. Ross, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University The Court's authority -- possessed of neither the purse nor the sword -- ultimately rests on sustained public confidence in its moral sanction. Such feeling must be nourished by...
Election 2000 The Florida Recount
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Professor William G. Ross, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University In past elections, so-called "faithless electors" cast innocuously eccentric votes that provided a quaint reminder of one of the archaic curiosities of the presidential selection process. After providing a...
Professor Stephen Griffin, Tulane Law School We, the undersigned scholars of constitutional law, wish to express our serious concern that the proposed special session of the Florida Legislature to appoint presidential electors is unlawful. Any bill or resolution adopted...
Professor Majorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law When the Supreme Court entertained arguments last Friday that could determine who will be the 43rd president of the United States, it worked virtually in private. Unlike the Florida Supreme Court,...
Professor Peter Shane, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh School of Law As the various courts of Florida and the United States government do their jobs--including the orderly resolution of the Florida presidential election--the state's legislators stand poised to push...
Professor William G. Ross, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University The most complicated bit of governmental machinery which the modern world has to exhibit is that which is employed in the selection of the chief executive officer...for the United...
Professor Stephen Clark, Albany Law School The apparent inclination of the Florida legislature to intervene in the presidential election dispute and assert its power to independently choose the state's electors is troubling. This is so not because the legislature lacks...
Professor Paul Finkleman, Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Tulsa As the recount continues, Americans are getting the civics lesson we never had in school: we are learning how the electoral college works, and we are asking whether it...
Professor John Parry, University of Pittsburgh School of Law I have been asked to provide some analysis of the briefs filed in Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board. Given time constraints and the limits of my expertise, I have...
Professor William G. Ross, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University The dispute over the election has developed into a constitutional crisis. With George W. Bush claiming victory and Al Gore refusing to concede, the election's outcome now seems destined...
