Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 12, 2000, the Supreme Court effectively decided that George W. Bush would become president — the judicial equivalent of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the presidential election of 1876, the Democratic candidate (Samuel Tilden) received 50.9% of the popular vote and the ...

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor suggested last week that the high court should have stayed out of the 2000 presidential election dispute between George W. Bush and Al Gore. "It took ...

Election night Nov. 7, 2000 was just the beginning of a 36 day showdown to decide the next president of the United States. Florida's 25 electoral votes would determine the outcome. Vice President Al ...

"What do I dislike most about being a federal judge? Well I'll tell you, there is one thing - the power I have and the potential to abuse that power," U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman of Louisiana ...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dedication to the law was perhaps best illustrated by the fact that she always kept a “pocket Constitution” in her handbag. Ginsburg died Friday evening, at the age of 87. Her ...

At the end of a lunch at the U.S. Supreme Court recently, Justice David Souter told an old friend: "I'm very grateful that we didn't talk about Bush v. Gore." Souter's comment, recounted by the ...

Attorney David Boies reflects on the 36-day legal battle following the 2000 presidential election that ended with the Supreme Court's controversial Bush v. Gore decision. The Backlash To Trump Is Here ...