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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking news: former Justice Stevens opposed the Bush v. Gore decision and wrote a dissent against
If you know that great.
If you don't know that, you will appear smarter to those who know if you don't post that Stevens supported the decision, when he famously opposed it, in writing, at the time.
Bush v. Gore
In Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), Stevens wrote a scathing dissent on the Court's ruling to stay the recount of votes in Florida during the 2000 presidential election. He believed that the holding displayed "an unstated lack of confidence in the impartiality and capacity of the state judges who would make the critical decisions if the vote count were to proceed." He continued, "The endorsement of that position by the majority of this Court can only lend credence to the most cynical appraisal of the work of judges throughout the land. It is confidence in the men and women who administer the judicial system that is the true backbone of the rule of law. Time will one day heal the wound to that confidence that will be inflicted by today's decision. One thing, however, is certain. Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's Presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the Nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law."
In Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), Stevens wrote a scathing dissent on the Court's ruling to stay the recount of votes in Florida during the 2000 presidential election. He believed that the holding displayed "an unstated lack of confidence in the impartiality and capacity of the state judges who would make the critical decisions if the vote count were to proceed." He continued, "The endorsement of that position by the majority of this Court can only lend credence to the most cynical appraisal of the work of judges throughout the land. It is confidence in the men and women who administer the judicial system that is the true backbone of the rule of law. Time will one day heal the wound to that confidence that will be inflicted by today's decision. One thing, however, is certain. Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's Presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the Nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law."
Sadly, it seems like knowledge of Stevens dissent is nonexistent, perhaps, even here, at DU.
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Breaking news: former Justice Stevens opposed the Bush v. Gore decision and wrote a dissent against (Original Post)
CreekDog
May 2013
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hedda_foil
(16,372 posts)1. k&r
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)2. Yeah, I was kinda floored by what I was seeing -
Noobs.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)3. i think there are lots of trolls in that thread, though obviously, many longtime DUers got it wrong
and there's no crime in not knowing, but just offering an ignorant opinion that is verifiably wrong is what gets me.
fishwax
(29,149 posts)4. it even says in the OP that he wrote the dissent in that case
Stevens was a good justice.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)5. His argument was good enough to sway Sandra. nm
Autumn
(45,056 posts)6. Good job at setting the record straight.
rec
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)7. kr
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)8. K/R (nt)