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Reading Bush v. Gore Decision Excerpts | A Primary Source Close Read

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What is the role of the Supreme Court in political disputes? In the close presidential election of 2000, the Supreme Court was asked to hand down an election-defining ruling which brought this question to the fore. Why did the Supreme Court take this case? What did it rule? And how did it reach this decision? In this Primary Close Read video, Kirk Higgins and Dr. Josh Dunn explore the story of this important Supreme Court case.

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Case background and primary sources concerning the Supreme Court case of Bush v. Gore. Dealing with the 2000 election, this lesson asks students whether or not they think the United States Supreme Court correctly decided the case.

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