Teaching Bush v. Gore as History

Hasen, Richard L.

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Teaching Bush v. Gore as History

Richard L. Hasen

University of California, Irvine School of Law

July 29, 2011

St. Louis University Law Review, Symposium on Teaching Election Law, 2011
UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2011-32

Abstract:
This short essay, part of a symposium in the St. Louis University Law Review on teaching election law, examines what it means to teach the Supreme Court's opinion in Bush v. Gore to students who did not experience the 2000 Florida controversy as adults. It offers three approaches to teaching Bush v. Gore as history: (1) The Florida debacle as Rashomon; (2) Bush v. Gore and Equal Protection Law in the Supreme Court; and (3) Bush v. Gore as the Beginning of History.

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Date posted: July 31, 2011 ; Last revised: March 25, 2012

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Hasen, Richard L., Teaching Bush v. Gore as History (July 29, 2011). St. Louis University Law Review, Symposium on Teaching Election Law, 2011; UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2011-32. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1898755

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