Jeff Hauser writes: "My basic point -- not only do too few law professors engage in an effort to understand the politics that shapes law, their reluctance to be sseen as partisan compells them to misguided analysis. I think the fact (well, it's an opinion, I guess, and this would require me to write a law review article to establish, but... I'm pretty confident in this opinion) that the vast bulk of academic response to Bush v. Gore was dreadfully besides the point illustrates this broader problem."
It may well be true that the vast bulk of (legal) academic response to Bush v. Gore was beside the point, but the reason certainly was not insufficient partisanship on the part of legal academics. You can probably count on the fingers of one hand the law professors whose opinions during that controversy ever deviated from the party line of their choice.
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ Best,
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ Daniel Lowenstein
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ UCLA Law School
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