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<p>This volume questions the motives of Supreme Court justices in a landmark case: The Supreme Court's intervention in the presidential election of 2000, and its subsequent decision in favor of George W. Bush, elicited immediate, heated, and widespread debate. Critics argued that the justices used weak legal arguments to overturn the Florida Supreme Court's ruling, ending a ballot recount and awarding the presidency to Bush. More fundamentally, they questioned the motives of conservative judges who arrived at a decision in favor of the candidate who reflected their political leanings.<br><i> Judging the Supreme Court</i> examines this controversial case and the extensive attention it has received. To fully understand the case, Clarke Rountree argues, we must understand judicial motives. These are comprised of more than each judge's personal opinions. Judges' motives, which Rountree calls rhetorical performances, are as influential and publicly discussed as their decisions themselves. Before they are dissected in the media, judges' motives are carefully crafted by the decision- makers themselves, their critics, and their defenders. Justices consider not only
- Author
- Rountree, Clarke, 1958-
- Publisher
- East Lansing: Michigan State University Press
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781609170936
- Subjects
- Language Learning, History, Law
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