Florida House of Representatives and Senate
Amici Curiae
Charles Fried, Counsel of RecordUnder the U.S. Constitution, the State legislatures are responsible for determining how electors are appointed to the Electoral College. Laws passed by the Florida Legislature govern the election-contest procedures used by Albert Gore, Jr., and Joseph Lieberman to challenge Florida’s vote results. Charles Fried is a professor of law at Harvard Law School and has been on the law school’s faculty since 1961. From 1995 to 1999, he was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. He served as Solicitor General in the Reagan Administration from 1985 to 1989. He received his law…
