Guess who were the lawyers for Bush team in Bush VS Gore ?? (2 of them are now on SCOTUS)

Bush’s defense team was:
– Neil Gorsuch
– Brett Kavanaugh

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh

In December 2000, Kavanaugh joined the legal team of George W. Bush, which was trying to stop the ballot recount in Florida.[58] After Bush became president in January 2001, Kavanaugh was hired as an associate by the White House Counsel, Alberto Gonzales.[41] There, Kavanaugh worked on the Enron scandal, the successful nomination of Chief Justice John Roberts, and the unsuccessful nomination of Miguel Estrada.[41] Starting in July 2003, he served as Assistant to the President and White House staff secretary,[44] succeeding Harriet Miers.[59] In that position he was responsible for coordinating all documents going to and from the president.

– Amy Coney Barrett

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Coney_Barrett

From 1999 to 2002, Barrett practiced law at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, a boutique law firm for litigation in Washington, D.C., that merged with the Houston, Texas-based law firm Baker Botts in 2001.[27][29] While at Baker Botts, she worked on Bush v. Gore, the lawsuit that grew out of the 2000 United States presidential election, providing research and briefing assistance for the firm’s representation of George W. Bush.[30][31]

 

 

h/t JADR

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