![]() ![]() Gore, wrote in a memo: “The dissents, permit me to say, in effect try to coerce the majority by trashing the Court themselves, thereby making their dire, and I think unjustified, predictions a self-fulfilling prophecy.” Kennedy, who authored the main opinion in Bush v. Stevens also scribbled that he thought Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg might "go along" with Kennedy, who joined the majority while Ginsburg ended up dissenting alongside Stevens. Some of Stevens' notes concern now-retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, frequently the deciding vote on the nine-justice court at the time, although they are hard to decipher. 23, 2000, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., during a manual recount of votes in the presidential election. ![]() Robert Rosenberg, a now-retired judge who was a member of the Broward County Canvassing Board, inspects a ballot with an unidentified observer on Nov. Thomas was part of the majority that overturned the state court ruling. In one notation, Stevens seemed to report that conservative Justice Clarence Thomas said the Florida Supreme Court "did not give us an option" because of the way it decided the case. Highlights identified by Library of Congress archivists include barely legible handwritten notes taken by Stevens in the private meeting in which the justices discussed the case. ![]()
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