Bush v. Gore: Lessons from a Litigated Election

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“Republicans’ constitutional advocacy never found its bearings until the eleventh hour and fifty-ninth minute of the case. The situation may have been salvaged in the end only through a prescient intervention—made separate from, perhaps unbeknownst to, lawyers formally representing George W. Bush.” - Law & Liberty

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A lesson in close elections: This year’s presidential contest could put the Constitution to the test

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“Americans are getting used to the idea of not immediately knowing the winner of the Nov. 3 presidential election. But what if, once each county and state have finished their final counts, the election ends in a tie? …With 538 Electoral College votes up for grabs, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden could, in theory, each get 269.” - WORLD

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5 facts about the U.S. Constitution

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Sept. 17 was Constitution Day… “2. The three-fifths compromise did not come about because the Founding Fathers considered African-Americans ‘three-fifths of a person,’ as NPR has asserted (at your expense). … Northern states wanted to exclude all slaves from population totals – to reduce the political power of slave states.” - Acton

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