How did the Court assert the power of judicial review in the Bush v. Gore case of 2000?
In Bush v. Gore, 531 US 98 (2000) George W. Bush was the petitioner; Al Gore was the respondent. The case involved manual ballot recounts in the State of Florida following the 2000 Presidential Election.
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President George W. Bush in Bush v. Gore,(2000).
Docket (case) number: 00-949Citation for the case: Bush v. Gore, 531 US 98 (2000)Argued: December 11, 2000Decided: December 12, 2000Decision: 5-4, Bush, Per CuriamFor more information, see Related Questions, below.
Bush v. Gore, 531 US 98 (2000) was issued as an unsigned Per Curiam decision. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion.For more information, see Related Links, below.
Bush v. Gore, 531 US 98 (2000)
They believed that the Court's conservative majority ruled in favor of Bush because of his conservative views
Bush v. Gore, 531 US 98 (2000) was an unsigned Per Curiam decision that was intended as an exception, not precedent. The Court wrote, "Our consideration is limited to the present circumstances, for the problem of equal protection in election processes generally presents many complexities."
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist presided over the Court in 2000. President Nixon appointed Rehnquist to the Supreme Court as an Associate Justice in 1972, and President Reagan elevated him to Chief Justice in 1986. Rehnquist lead the Court until his death in 2005.
For one, they usurped the people's vote, in Bush v. Gore, by deciding 5-4 that Bush should be President of the U.S. in the year 2000.
The 15th amendment