BUSH V. GORE

Bush v. Gore is the United States Supreme Court decision that resolved the dispute surrounding the 2000 presidential election.

YEAR:
Argued December 11, 2000
Decided December 12, 2000

Justices:
John P. Stevens
Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia
Anthony Kennedy
David Souter
Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer

WILLIAM REHNQUIST

Theodore B. Olson- argued the cause for petitioner Bush
David Boies- argued for Gore

MAJORITY

• Rehnquist
• O'Connor
• Scalia
• Kennedy
• Thomas

DISSENTING

• Stevens
• Souter
• Ginsburg
• Breyer

EFFECTS
The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of George Bush in Bush v. Gore. The Supreme Court explained that the state of Florida violated the 14th Amendment by enacting a recounting procedure

Appeals
The U.S. Supreme Court saw its famous Bush v. Gore 2000 ruling as a one-off, and has, in fact, not cited it in more than a decade of rulings. That is not the case in the lower federal courts where it has turned up more than 250 times.