February 9, 2001

Liberal and Conservative Views on the Supreme Court's Role in the Election

To the Editor:

I appreciated the views and observations of the scholars and writers included in "What We'll Remember in 2050: 9 Views on Bush v. Gore" (The Review, January 5). Perhaps the most valuable insight in the compilation was Harvey J. Mansfield's observation: "I heard hardly anyone agreeing with the thesis of the person he didn't vote for in the matter of the Supreme Court."

You had asked your panel to look 50 years into the future and speculate on how historians will