Thomas Jefferson Counts Himself Into the Presidency

dc.contributor.author	Ackerman, Bruce
dc.contributor.author	Fontana, David
dc.date	2021-11-25T13:34:15.000
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-26T11:35:05Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-26T11:35:05Z
dc.date.issued	2004-01-01T00:00:00-08:00
dc.identifier	fss_papers/120
dc.identifier.citation	Bruce Ackerman & David Fontana, Thomas Jefferson counts himself into the presidency, VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW 551 (2004).
dc.identifier.contextkey	1369970
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/399
dc.description.abstract	"The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted." We last glimpsed the dangers lurking in these lines during the electoral crisis of 2000. As sitting Vice-President, Al Gore was the President of the Senate on January 6, 2001. So it fell to him to "open all the Certificates" and preside over the vote count.
dc.title	Thomas Jefferson Counts Himself Into the Presidency
dc.source.journaltitle	Faculty Scholarship Series
refterms.dateFOA	2021-11-26T11:35:05Z
dc.identifier.legacycoverpage	https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/120
dc.identifier.legacyfulltext	https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1119&context=fss_papers&unstamped=1

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