Law Clerks break silence on Gove v Bush 2000 election

[Catt03]

In Court Clerks' Breach, a Provocative Precedent

By Charles Lane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 17, 2004; Page D01

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But in the October issue of Vanity Fair magazine, former Supreme Court law clerks from the court's 2000-01 term speak out -- under cover of anonymity -- about what they saw behind the scenes during the fateful case of Bush v. Gore.

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Writers David Margolick, Evgenia Peretz and Michael Shnayerson recount the views of former clerks to liberal justices who opposed the ruling. Those clerks contend that the decision was a rank exercise in partisanship by conservative Republican justices.

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Most of the criticism in the Vanity Fair piece is aimed at Justices Antonin Scalia, Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony M. Kennedy, all of whom voted in favor of Bush. Scalia is depicted bullying Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg into watering down her dissenting opinion. O'Connor is described as emotionally fixated on stopping a recount and Kennedy as overly influenced by his right-wing clerks

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38758-2004Oct16.html

October Vanity Fair article

Well, this at least validates what we have know all along. Gore won.

[liberalmuse]

1. When those 5 fucks die.

I am going to travel far and wide just to spit on all of their graves.

[OKNancy]

2. Previous discussion

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=76073

[Catt03]

3. Thanks....

go to

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Didn't know it had been posted.

The press was sure silent about this, were't they?

[Maeve]

5. The original article can be seen here:

PDF format

http://www.goldsteinhowe.com/blog/files/VFPart1.pdf

http://www.goldsteinhowe.com/blog/files/VFPart2.pdf

[shockingelk]

4. rank partisanship?

You don't say ...

[TaleWgnDg]

6. thanks for the heads-up !! appreciate it.