Tuesday, December 9, 2–3 p.m. ET
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For a generation, presidential races were blowouts. Then came 2000. The last polls showed a dead heat. On election night, the networks called it prematurely for Al Gore, then retracted their calls, then called it prematurely for George W. Bush and retracted again.

Ultimately, five Supreme Court justices, all appointed by Republican presidents, put an end to the recount in Florida, effectively declaring Bush the winner. The fractured opinions were a maze of disagreements. The justices on the winning side warned that the ruling should not be cited as precedent. The reasoning flummoxed legal scholars, even those who agreed with the outcome.

Join us for a live virtual event to discuss the legacy of Bush v. Gore. Did the case change the relationship between Americans and their elections, and between elections and the courts? Was it merely a symptom of broader changes in American politics? Or was the decision a historical anomaly with no lasting impact on U.S. law and politics?