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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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.
The 15th amendment
If a case goes before the Supreme Court the 14th can be used to make a decision about the new case. It was used in Brown v Board of Education, Roe v Wade, Bush v Gore, overruled Dred Scott v Sandford.
The landmark case Plessy v Ferguson originated in the state of Louisiana.
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.
President George W. Bush in Bush v. Gore,(2000).
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During the 2000 US Presidential Election, the state of Florida had a ballot recount dispute. This dispute brought about the Bush v. Gore US Supreme Court case which determined that George W. Bush had won the election.