Deadlock The Inside Story Of America's Closest Election
Author: Washington Post Company
Publisher:
Published: 2001-03-08
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"... what really happened in the 'post-election' of 2000."--Dust jacket.
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Deadlock
Author: Washington post (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 271
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOh, Waiter! One Order of Crow!
Author: Jeff Greenfield
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780783895628
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores Election Night 2000 from the campaign preceeding it to the confusion following it to its final result.
The Rift Between America and Old Europe
Author: Peter Merkl
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-11-17
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1134239505
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new book explains the recent rift between America and some of her oldest European allies, especially with Germany and France. Particular attention is devoted to the several competing interpretations of the Euro-American rift, for example, that Europeans were taken aback when American neo-conservative leaders scornfully rejected their well-meant offers of post-9/11 assistance with expressions of disdain for the allies' backward military technology and budgets. The Bush administration's rejection of the Kyoto Treaty, its environmental stance and its position on international treaties are also examined in detail. Merkl's interpretation emphasizes America's neo-imperial, unilateralist posture and policies as contrasted to the Wilsonian internationalism that created the United Nations and established international rule of law backed up by the Security Council, a web of international treaties and international courts, including the International Court of Criminal Justice. Today's American leaders thus oppose European champions of an American-initiated international order while identifying themselves with the imperialist European doctrines and practices of another age.
Sandra Day O'Connor
Author: Ann Carey McFeatters
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 2006-03-15
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 0826332196
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn July 1, 1981, President Ronald Reagan interviewed Sandra Day O'Connor as a candidate for the United States Supreme Court. A few days later, he called her. "Sandra, I'd like to announce your nomination to the Court tomorrow. Is that all right with you?" Scared and wondering if this was a mistake, the little-known judge from Arizona was on her way to becoming the first woman justice and one of the most powerful women in the nation. Born in El Paso, Texas, O'Connor grew up on the Lazy B, a cattle ranch that spanned the Arizona-New Mexico border. There she learned lifelong lessons about self-reliance, hard work, and the joy of the outdoors. Ann Carey McFeatters sketches O'Connor's formative years there and at Stanford University and her inability to find a job--law firms had no interest in hiring a woman lawyer. McFeatters writes about how O'Connor juggled marriage, a career in law and politics, three sons, breast cancer, and the demands of fame. In this second volume in the Women's Biography Series, we learn how O'Connor became the Court's most important vote on such issues as abortion, affirmative action, the death penalty, the role of religion in society, and the election of a president, decisions that shaped a generation of Americans.
Reviving Citizen Engagement
Author: Larry N. Gerston
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2014-12-11
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1482231778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhereas our nation was once united in purpose, today it is bitterly divided. Why? Racial discrimination, diminishing educational opportunities, poor economic mobility, greedy corporations, and an unresponsive federal government have combined to create two Americas. Presented in Gerston‘s characteristic, no-holds-barred style of wit and candor, Revi
The 2000 Presidential Election in the South
Author: Robert P. Steed
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2002-03-30
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 0313013713
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is the fifth in a series of analyses of elections in the South beginning with the 1984 general elections and continuing in 1988, 1992, and 1996. While the presidential election has been the focus, other important aspects of contemporary Southern electoral politics have also been examined, including congressional and state elections as well as the overall status of party development and competition in each Southern state. Steed and Moreland continue the general organization plan of the previous publications in this volume, beginning with an introductory chapter on general issues and background, a chapter on presidential primaries, an examination of the particular issues of the 2000 presidential election, and a look at religion and Southern politics. Experts on the individual states then analyze the contests in each state, and the volume concludes with a summary of the lessons to be gained from the 2000 election cycle. An definitive work for all scholars, students, and researchers involved with contemporary Southern politics and presidential elections.
George W. Bush, Former President of the United States (Leadership, Vision, Reforms)
Author: IBP USA
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2013-08
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1433016974
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collaboration between an attorney and an animal protection advocate, this work utilizes the extremely controversial and high-profile "crush video" case, "US v. Stevens," to explore how American society attempts to balance the protection of free speech and the prevention of animal cruelty. Starting from the detailed case study of a single prominent ruling, the authors provide a masterful survey of important issues facing society in the area of animal welfare. The Stevens case included various "hot topic" elements connected to the role of government as arbiter of public morality, including judicial attitudes to sexual deviance and dogfighting. Because it is one of only two animal rights cases that the US Supreme Court has handled, and the only case discussing the competing interests of free speech and animal cruelty, it will be an important topic for discussion in constitutional and animal law courses for decades to come. The Stevens case arose from the first conviction under 18 USC 48 (Section 48), a federal law enacted in 1999, which criminalized the creation, sale, and/or possession of certain depictions of animal cruelty. The US Congress intended Section 48 to end the creation and interstate trafficking of depictions of animal cruelty in which animals are abused or even killed for entertainment's sake. Proponents of Section 48 predicted that countless benefits to both humans and animals would flow from its enforcement. Opponents of the law argued that it was too far-reaching and would stifle protected speech. Critics of Section 48 appeared to have prevailed when the US Supreme Court struck the law down as unconstitutionally overbroad. Although a law tailored to address the Supreme Court's concerns was quickly enacted, the free speech/animal cruelty controversy is far from over.
Confrontation and Compromise
Author: Jason D. Mycoff
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780742540606
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Classroom tested in the authors' teaching of courses on Congress and the presidency, the case studies in Confrontation and Compromise offer students an engaging and informative look at the critical role that leadership plays in achieving legislative success."--BOOK JACKET.
Supreme Injustice
Author: Alan M. Dershowitz
Publisher: Stranger Journalism
Published: 2003-11
Total Pages: 157
ISBN-13: 0199869847
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlan Dershowitz is especially well-qualified to comment upon the disgraceful elections of 2000. He concludes that the Supreme Court's reputation has been sullied and that by setting such an unfavourable precedent the American judicial system will be criticised for its lack of fairness at home and abroad.
