On December 12, 2000, The United States Supreme Court determined the winner of the Presidential election of 2000. Since that time, there have been at least nine books, numerous short legal commentaries, many longer law review articles, and countless e-mail discussions analyzing this decision and its propriety. This article will review some of these criticisms.

My goal is to organize the factual and legal history and the issues implicated by the Presidential election of 2000, followed by my own perspective. I do not claim that my opinions are any better. Nor do I claim that they will be more thoughtful, more objective, or even more articulate. I do hope that by putting some structure to the on-going debate, I can contribute to the effort to put the case into historical jurisprudential perspective.

The Story...Election Night The entire factual and legal story concerning the contested Presidential election of 2000 has been extensively documented elsewhere, sometimes objectively and sometimes not. My goal here is to organize it in as straightforward a fashion as possible.