Was the Gore vs. Bush case an Appellate Jurisdiction or Original Jurisdiction in the Supreme Court?
2007-07-23 16:08:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Really neither because the Constitution gives states power over how they run their elections and the Florida Courts all agreed on how to decide on the Florida state law on the election. The US Supreme Court had no reason to rule on it.
If they had to pick then they'd say Appellate Jurisdiction. They overruled the lower court (Florida Supreme Court) even though they never gave any grounds for it.
They just wanted to make Bush the president even though Gore really won Florida and the election!
2007-07-23 16:11:22 · answer #1 · answered by Mike H 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It shouldn't have gone past the State Supreme Court. This dealt with voting laws, which are set by the State, not the government, the way the ballots were being handled were in question, and the way the law was interpited as such. There was no question of the legality of the State voting prosses, it was a question of what should and shouldn't count, the Fed Supreme Court by hearing and ruling on this case technicly over stepped their bounds because the law wasn't being brought into question just the interpitation of the law, and even though they used Judicial Review, which has questionable legality, to validate their judgement, there wasn't really anyone disputing any law in particulare just a dispute on interpitation of the law.
Also, the prosses which legalities are heard by the Supreme Court isn't fixed to a step by step prosses, if a case is presented to them that they deam and needing a federal ruling on before it has been heard by all the lower courts they can choose to hear and rule on it, but this is extreamly rare.
2007-07-23 23:22:47 · answer #2 · answered by Mark G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Original, the Supreme Court has to power to make rulings in cases concening the National Government.
2007-07-23 23:44:04 · answer #3 · answered by smsmith500 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Appellate.
On review from a decision by the Florida Supreme Court, regarding a federal constitutional issue.
2007-07-23 23:20:09 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was originally appellate (the florida 4th I think).
2007-07-27 16:08:39 · answer #5 · answered by lxtricks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋