Irreparable Harm: The U.s. Supreme Court And The Decision That Made George W. Bush President

The legal precedents cited in the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold George W. Bush as the winner of the disputed 2000 presidential election are examined and proven faulty in this probe first published in the New Republic . Specific examples of judges misquoting their previous decisions reveal that the legal grounding of the landmark case does not hold up under scrutiny. This blistering, no-holds-barred account offers an argument not based on partisan divisions as the author is a Republican and former advisor during the pivotal Watergate hearings.