A swing vote. On a larger scale, the media sometimes refers to certain states as "swing states."
In the Supreme Court, the written decision and legal reasoning for a case is called an Opinion.
The agreed ruling of more than half of the Supreme Court justices is called a majority decision.
The first US Presidential election that required US Supreme Court intervention was in 2000, when the Court was called upon to render a decision about Florida election procedure in the case Bush v. Gore, (2000).As a result of the Supreme Court's decision, Florida was forced to stop recounting ballots, resulting in George W. Bush winning the popular vote and all of Florida's electoral votes, awarding Bush the presidency.
The explanation for the US Supreme Court's decision is called the opinion.
The explanation for the US Supreme Court's decision is called the opinion.
US Supreme Court decisions are called opinions.
Majority opinion
Opinion of the court.
The written explanation for the US Supreme Court's decision is called an opinion.See Related Questions for an expanded explanation.
A majority opinion is the legal document that explains the legal reasoning behind a Supreme Court decision.
The agreed ruling of more than half of the Supreme Court justices is called a majority decision; the written document is called a majority opinion or the "opinion of the Court."
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