From Library Journal
Washington Post columnist Dionne and Weekly Standard editor Kristol have assembled 12 legal opinions and 62 pieces of journalism on the recent "Five-Week Recount War." The legal documents include texts of four November advisory opinions from Florida officials, several court decisions preceding December's Gore v. Harris in the Florida Supreme Court, and the climactic Bush v. Gore in the U.S. Supreme Court. The journalism is mainly the work of national columnists from such publications as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, and National Review, plus the editors' own Post and Standard pieces. Some legal documents are not printed in full, but the complete texts are available on an accompanying web site. The editors, who differ on recount questions, have been careful to balance opinions in their column selections. They have contributed a brief introduction and a chronology, but otherwise the book is purely documentary. An optional purchase for libraries, who can weigh the local advantage of having this inexpensive compilation from a prestigious imprint against the time staff and patrons would otherwise spend locating these scattered texts in various print and online sources. Robert F. Nardini, Chichester, NH Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Book Description
The Five Week Recount War that followed the 2000 presidential election generated tumultuous debate in the courts of justice as well as the court of public opinion. This debate engaged fundamental issues of the democratic process, including obligations of fairness and equality and the roles of elected bodies and the courts in interpreting and vindicating the Constitution. BUSH v. GORE captures this historic conversation by gathering the landmark legal cases from the Supreme Court of Florida and the U.S. Supreme Court along with the best editorial commentary from prominent journalists and scholars on both sides of the political divide. Contributors include: George F. Will, Scott Turow, Griffin Bell, Lani Guinier, Charles Krauthammer, Jesse L. Jackson and John J. Sweeney, David Tell, Thomas L. Friedman, Michael McConnell, Hendrik Hertzberg, Ramesh Ponnuru, Akhil Reed Amar, John Yoo, Linda Greenhouse, Nelson Lund, Pamela S. Karlan and others.


About the Author
E. J. Dionne Jr. is a senior fellow in the Governmental Studies program at the Brookings Institution and a columnist for The Washington Post. William Kristol is editor and publisher of The Weekly Standard.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The Five Week Recount War that followed the 2000 presidential election generated tumultuous debate in the courts of justice as well as the court of public opinion. This debate engaged fundamental issues of the democratic process, including obligations of fairness and equality and the roles of elected bodies and the courts in interpreting and vindicating the Constitution. Bush v. Gore captures this historic conversation by gathering the landmark legal cases from the Supreme Court of Florida and the U.S. Supreme Court along with the best editorial commentary from prominent journalists and scholars on both sides of the political divide.

Contributors include: George F. Will, Scott Turow, Griffin Bell, Lani Guinier, Charles Krauthammer, Jesse L. Jackson and John J. Sweeney, David Tell, Thomas L. Friedman, Michael McConnell, Hendrik Hertzberg, Ramesh Ponnuru, Akhil Reed Amar, John Yoo, Linda Greenhouse, Nelson Lund, Pamela S. Karlan and others.

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Library Journal

Washington Post columnist Dionne and Weekly Standard editor Kristol have assembled 12 legal opinions and 62 pieces of journalism on the recent "Five-Week Recount War." The legal documents include texts of four November advisory opinions from Florida officials, several court decisions preceding December's Gore v. Harris in the Florida Supreme Court, and the climactic Bush v. Gore in the U.S. Supreme Court. The journalism is mainly the work of national columnists from such publications as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, and National Review, plus the editors' own Post and Standard pieces. Some legal documents are not printed in full, but the complete texts are available on an accompanying web site. The editors, who differ on recount questions, have been careful to balance opinions in their column selections. They have contributed a brief introduction and a chronology, but otherwise the book is purely documentary. An optional purchase for libraries, who can weigh the local advantage of having this inexpensive compilation from a prestigious imprint against the time staff and patrons would otherwise spend locating these scattered texts in various print and online sources. Robert F. Nardini, Chichester, NH Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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Dionne, columnist at the and Kristol, publisher of disagree about how the election was resolved, and to help save their friendship, assembled the 17 key texts from the landmark legal cases argued in the Florida and US Supreme Courts, and over 60 opinion pieces by journalists and scholars on both sides of the political fence. The comments are arranged chronologically. Only authors and publications are indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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