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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 23 > Bush v. Gore: a precedent set to outlast the president

Bush v. Gore: a precedent set to outlast the president

Meant to disappear, the case is cropping up in the courts

By Adam Liptak / The Bulletin
December 23, 2008

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s decision in Bush v. Gore, issued eight years ago this month, was widely understood to work like that tape recorder in “Mission: Impossible.” It was meant to produce a president and then self-destruct.

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