Tag: Politics

Deep Secrecy

David Pozen

Donald Rumsfeld has been unfairly ridiculed. During a 2002 press conference, a reporter asked about the link between Iraq and al Qaeda, and he gave the following response:
[A]s we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that… Read More »

The Untimely Death of Bush v. Gore

Richard L. Hasen - Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

When the United States Supreme Court decided Bush v. Gore, ending the controversial recount of presidential votes in Florida and handing the contested 2000 election to George W. Bush over Al Gore, some election law scholars told a “lemonade from lemons” story: It is true there was much to criticize about… Read More »