Election Law Complexities: Insights from Bush v. Gore

Sarah and David are joined by Leon Neyfakh—host of Fiasco podcast and co-creator of Slow Burn—to explain what really happened in December of 2000 when the Supreme Court halted the Florida recount.

The Agenda:

—Butterfly ballots

—Dimpled, hanging, and pregnant chads

—Independent state legislature theory

—Who would’ve won anyway?

—Elián González

—The Brooks Brothers riot

—Was Bush v. Gore cynical?

—Two First Amendment updates

Show Notes:

—Fiasco on Bush v. Gore

—A Statistical Assessment of Buchanan’s Vote in Palm Beach County

—Bush v. Gore oral arguments

—Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Bd.

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