How many lawyers does it take to screw in the next President? From hanging chads to a hanging judge, the Bush-Gore ballot battle in Florida is now a courtroom drama with the nation and the world on jury duty. At last count there are nine separate lawsuits and hundreds of wingtip shoes pounding the pavement in the Sunshine state. Democratic and Republican dream teams are squaring off over practices and procedures in Florida’s peculiar election statutes, and indignant citizens are getting into the game with high-priced talent of their own.
The Gore campaign’s fleet of legal eagles now includes David Boies, the anti-trust powerhouse who successfully argued the Microsoft monopoly case for the government. He’s on board to bust the Bush family trust in Florida, and close the narrow vote gap through litigation, if necessary. Will lawyers be the ultimate arbiters of this election? We’re looking for order in the court this hour on the Connection.
(Hosted by Christopher Lydon)
Guests:
Jeffrey Rosen, Georgetown University Law Professor
Alan Dershowitz, Harvard University Law Professor
Einer Elhauge, Harvard Law Professor
and Viet Dinh, Georgetown Law Professor