In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's grant of certiorari in Bush v. Palm Beach Canvassing Board, JURIST invited Professor Peter M. Shane of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and Professor Ronald D. Rotunda of the University...
Election 2000 The Florida Recount
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Professor William G. Ross, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University The U.S. Supreme Court's intervention in the disputed presidential election was virtually inevitable, despite wishful predictions by Democrats that the Court would not meddle with state election law. As...
Victor Williams, Catholic University School of Law If the appellate courts (federal and/or state) allow either the counting of partially-punched, spoiled ballots or fraudulently-mailed, overseas absentee votes that run to Albert Gore's favor, Florida's Republican dominated state legislature should formally...
Professor Sharon Beckman, Boston College Law School Presidential candidate George W. Bush told the American people that his federal judicial appointees would be "strict constructionalists," people like Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia who believe federal courts lack authority to protect...
Professor William G. Ross, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University It should be obvious to everyone by now that no one ever will know which presidential candidate actually won more popular votes, either in Florida or nationwide. The Florida...
Professor Steven Semeraro, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Many have been shocked by the revelation in the wake of last week's presidential election that mechanical ballot counting is fraught with error. Indeed, these machines may have an error rate approaching...
