Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals the 'most disappointing' Supreme Court decision of her career

[stevenleser]

25. Take a look at this Google search. I was living in Florida at the time and was volunteering for

https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome-psyapi2&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&q=florida%20state%20legislature%20votes%20to%20give%20electors%20to%20Bush&oq=florida%20state%20legislature%20votes%20to%20give%20electors%20to%20Bush&aqs=chrome..69i57.9062j0j7

the campaign. I was very close with the Gore folks sent to my county and got reports from them on a lot of stuff. I was actually trained to be an observer at the recounts in Pinellas County. I only got to observe one day before the SCOTUS decision.

Initially when the Florida State legislature announced they were going to have a special session to decide whether to intervene, they made a big deal about it. But then that session came and you had to look for what they decided. They decided to meet again on the morning of December 12th to have the actual vote. Because the SCOTUS decision followed literally minutes later, they decided to keep quiet what they had done because they realized how bad it would look, particularly since now it was no longer necessary.


Here are some other links:

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2000/12/elec-d07.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=122367

http://www.authentichistory.com/1993-2000/3-2000election/3-dispute/

The timeline for this is:

Nov 30 - The Florida legislative committee recommended a special session to name the state's 25 electors.

Dec 7 - A formal proclamation was issued calling the Florida Legislature for a special session commencing December 8 to consider whether to go ahead with naming the states electors.

Dec 8 - The Florida Legislature met in special session, then adjourned with plans to reconvene on December 12.

Dec 12 - The Florida Legislature meets in the morning and votes to give Florida's electors to Bush. Shortly thereafter the SCOTUS released its decision and the Legislature decided to bury what they had done.