Bush v. Gore

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United States Supreme Court case election law case landmark decision

Bush v. Gore is the landmark 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that effectively resolved the disputed presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore by halting the Florida recount.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Bush v. Gore-related Florida recount litigation	1
dissent in Bush v. Gore	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ election law case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
citation	531 U.S. 98 ⓘ
concurringJustice	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: U.S. Constitution, Amendment XIV
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
dateDecided	2000-12-12 ⓘ
decisionType	per curiam opinion ⓘ
dissentingJustice	David H. Souter ⓘ John Paul Stevens ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
docketNumber	00-949 ⓘ
effect	effectively resolved the 2000 U.S. presidential election in favor of George W. Bush ⓘ ended the manual recount of votes in Florida in the 2000 presidential election ⓘ
fullName	Bush v. Gore self-link ⓘ
holding	no constitutionally valid recount could be completed by the relevant deadlines ⓘ the Florida Supreme Court’s method for recounting ballots violated the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
impact	increased scrutiny of election administration and voting technology in the United States ⓘ
legalIssue	Due Process Clause ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment recount of votes in the 2000 presidential election in Florida ⓘ
locationOfOralArgument	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Per curiam ⓘ
majorityVote	5–4 on the remedy to halt the recount ⓘ 7–2 on the Equal Protection violation ⓘ
notableFor	its controversial use of the Equal Protection Clause in election administration ⓘ its role in determining the outcome of a U.S. presidential election ⓘ its statement that the decision was limited to the present circumstances ⓘ
petitioner	George W. Bush ⓘ
precedentStatus	binding precedent on federal equal protection analysis of recount procedures ⓘ
relatedElection	2000 United States presidential election ⓘ
remedy	stayed and effectively terminated the Florida recount ⓘ
respondent	Albert Gore, Jr. ⓘ
stateCourtBelow	Florida Supreme Court ⓘ
stateInvolved	Florida ⓘ
subjectMatter	election procedures in Florida ⓘ manual recount of ballots ⓘ
topic	election recounts ⓘ federalism ⓘ judicial intervention in elections ⓘ voting rights ⓘ
yearDecided	2000 ⓘ

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Equal Protection Clause → basisFor → Bush v. Gore ⓘ

Bush v. Gore → fullName → Bush v. Gore self-link ⓘ

Electoral Count Act of 1887 → interpretedInCase → Bush v. Gore ⓘ

Fourteenth Amendment → keyCase → Bush v. Gore ⓘ

subject surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

2000 United States presidential election → legalCase → Bush v. Gore ⓘ

David H. Souter → notableCase → Bush v. Gore ⓘ

Florida Supreme Court → notableCase → Bush v. Gore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bush v. Gore-related Florida recount litigation

Supreme Court of the United States → notableCase → Bush v. Gore ⓘ

Clarence Thomas → notableCaseInvolvement → Bush v. Gore ⓘ

William H. Rehnquist → notableCaseParticipation → Bush v. Gore ⓘ

Electoral College → notableSupremeCourtCase → Bush v. Gore ⓘ

John Paul Stevens → notableWork → Bush v. Gore ⓘ

this entity surface form: dissent in Bush v. Gore