Contents -- Introduction: The Question of Legitimacy -- PART ONE the rule of law? -- 1 An Unreasonable Reaction to a Reasonable Decision -- 2 Not as Bad as Plessy. Worse. -- 3 eroG .v hsuB: Through the Looking Glass -- 4 In Partial (but not Partisan) Praise of Principle -- 5 The Fallibility of Reason -- 6 Sustaining the Premise of Legality: Learning to Live with Bush v. Gore -- 7 Can the Rule of Law Survive Bush v. Gore? -- PART TWO political questions -- 8 A Political Question -- 9 Political Questions and the Hazards of Pragmatism -- 10 The Conservatism in Bush v. Gore -- 11 Does the Constitution Enact the Republican Party Platform? Beyond Bush v. Gore -- 12 Off Balance -- 13 Legitimacy and the 2000 Election -- Contributors -- Index.