As comparison to whats happening now and also some of the lessons that were learned. Lets start with the court itself in 2000. The Rehnquist Court. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align ideologically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a prominent figure. It leans right. There were several moderate republicans. John stephens, david souter and Ruth Ginsburg and stephen breyer, four 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 Oconnor were middle of the road conservatives. And you could not predict them in all sorts of cases. Susan would you say a bit more about the chief Justice William rehnquist and his approach to leading the court . David well, he had, you know, he had been on the court for a lot of years before he became a chief justice.
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David savage, it is the 20th andversary of bush v gore 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. The Rehnquist Court. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align ideologically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a prominent figure. It leans right. There were several moderate republicans. John stephens, david souter and Ruth Ginsburg and stephen breyer, four 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 Oconnor were middle of the ro
How a Single Supreme Court seat can change history. And this may be one of the most propitiouslytitled books to hit the book stands in a long time. [laughter] senator, its great to have you with us and also we recommend the senators book to you highly. I want to begin with the level of fraud that we see now. Many people do not realize you were also a part of the republican legal team back in gore v. Bush. Its give us your sense of what, where we are right now in terms of electoral fraud. Well, look, weve got litigation all over the country. The results of the election arent final, and theyre not final until the matters are litigated and the results have been finally tabulated. And there are recounts ongoing. You mentioned my book, one vote away, theres an entire chapter in the book on bush v. Gore. And in 2000 i was part of george w. Bushs legal team. And if you think about it that night, that night initially the news media called al gore the winner, then they switched it and called ge