“What, if any, is the lasting legacy of Bush v. Gore, which was decided 25 years ago, on Dec. 12, 2000?,” writes Dean Erwin Chemerinsky. “It is a case that never has been cited in a majority opinion and thus seems to matter little in the law. Rather, the decision’s largest significance may be from the widespread perception that the justices were simply motivated by their own partisan preferences as to who should be the next president.”
