Here we are in the midst of sorting through another close election. We asked you because youve been covering this Supreme Court since 1986 to come back and look back in time with us at that 2000 election. What we were going through then as comparison to whats happening now and also some of the lessons that were learned. Lets start with the court itself in 2000. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align id logically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a leader of that court. Ohn stephens, david sutter and Ruth Ginsburg and steven briar, on the left. So it leaned conservative. But it was also an interesting you know, the court the court is never 100 predictable. I found that Justice Kennedy and Justice Connor were middle of the road conservatives. And you could not predict them in all sorts of cases. Would you say a bit more about William Rehnquist and his approach t
Atsarah brain, sunday night 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Election law codirector at William William mary ann professor of law from william mary. Good morning to you. Guest how are you . Host youre here to talk about the Trump Campaign challenges of the 2020 20 president ial election vote. Every president ial election has a timetable, but there are 50 different states, obviously, and 50 different ways to count and certify the votes, and that is the phase we are in now with eagle challenges mounted legal challenges mounted in several states. Professor greene, how did all of these different 50 states come together . What is the end results here in december on december 14 . Now happening guest so its happening now is they are in the process of canvassing their votes. Each state has a different deadline ranging from november 10 and december 11. On december 14, the Electoral College will meet in each state and the electors will cast their ballots required by state law to be the popular
Divot, savage, is the 20th anniversary of bush versus gore. We ask you, since you have been , toring the Supreme Court look back at the 2000 election. What we were going through that as compared to what is happening now and also some of the lessons learned. Lets start with the court itself. Themmembers, and seven of appointed by republican president s but how did they align ideologically . It was pretty much a 54 pretty much a 54 vote. There were several moderate republicans. Souter, ruthd ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer were the four on the left. , but alsoconservative an interesting era. Justice kennedy and justice were conservatives and you could not predict them in cases. You say more about chief Justice William rehnquist and his approach to leaving the court . He had been on the court for a lot of years. He had strong, clear views. I got lunch with them every year. I found him very interesting but he could talk about all sorts of subjects. Want to talk about sports or politics, the w
With the tallying a vote still ongoing trump threatens to go to the Supremes Court to try to stop the counting biden has threatened counter legal action. And ethiopias Prime Minister declared a state of emergency in tikrit region following a deadly attack on a military base that. On the race to the white house has become incredibly tight hours after the polls closed no candidate has yet secured enough Electoral College votes to win but that hasnt stopped both candidates being confident of victory despite millions of votes still uncounted donald trump has even threatened to go to the Supreme Court something that bidens team says they are ready to challenge the total vote count could still take days. Well this is our team of reporters on the ground the salad rob reynolds as monitoring developments from Los Angeles Alison bidens home state that away and allan fisheye is in washington d. C. For us but fast also in jordan takes a look at how this night unfolded. Shortly after 2 am on wednes
Wisconsin, georgia and michigan still up for grabs. Plus, the nail white biter in the critical state of pennsylvania that could decide the election. Were breaking down all of the battlegrounds still in play and still counting this morning. As many as 160 million americans casting their vote. With the most divisive election of our generation on the line, our powerhouse poltiical team is spread out across the country breaking down the final sprint to 270 electoral votes. The fight to the finish is not over on this his tory making morning. Well, theres got to be a morning after and, george, you have been up all night covering this nailbiter. This is 2020 which means were watching something we have never seen before. President ial election with several states too close to call, millions of ballots left to be counted so heres where the rate stands. President trump has racked up 213 electoral votes. Joe biden has 225 electoral votes so far, the question is who can get to 270 . 23 states have