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- Title
DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY AND THE 2000 ELECTION.
- Authors
Laden, Anthony Simon
- Abstract
In this article, the author elaborates on various issues concerning the democratic legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the case Bush v. Gore. In this effort, he focuses on events surrounding the 2000 Presidential Elections. He highlights the fundamental shortcomings in the conception of democratic legitimacy. He offers an alternative conception of legitimacy that takes legitimacy to be a function not solely of properly followed procedures prior to the assumption of power, but continuing openness and responsiveness to deliberative challenges after the assumption of power. He argues that this conception provides a better framework for thinking about the legitimacy of democratic governments in general and the legitimacy of President George W. Bush's administration in particular. The author contends that lessons of the recent election suggest that American citizens need to take back their democracy. In particular, they need to work to wrest control not only from the special moneyed interests through campaign finance reform, but also from non-accountable branches of the government.
- Subjects
UNITED States; LEGITIMACY of governments; DEMOCRACY; UNITED States presidential elections; PRACTICAL politics; BUSH v. Gore; UNITED States. Supreme Court; LEGAL judgments; BUSH, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; CAMPAIGN funds
- Publication
Law & Philosophy, 2002, Vol 21, Issue 2, p197
- ISSN
0167-5249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3505130