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Clarke Rountree
Clarke Rountree is Professor of Communication Arts at the University
of Alabama, Huntsville. Rountree was awarded the prestigious 2008-
2009 Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism by Michigan State
University Press. The Kohrs-Campbell Award is presented with a
$10,000 cash prize and a plaque.
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Awards won by Clarke Rountree:
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| 2009 Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism
Clarke Rountree, professor of
Communication Arts at The
University of Alabama in
Huntsville was awarded the
prestigious 2008-2009
Kohrs-Campbell Prize in
Rhetorical Criticism by
Michigan State University
Press. The Kohrs-Campbell
Award is presented with a
$10,000 cash prize and a
plaque. Rountree received the
biennial award for his book
Judging the Supreme Court:
Constructions of Motive in
Bush v. Gore. Michigan
State University Press offers
the endowed prize through its
award-winning Rhetoric &
Public Affairs
Series. Judging the
Supreme Court examines
the intent and reasoning of
the United States Supreme
Court Justices intervention
of the controversial
presidential election nearly
ten years ago when, on
December 12, 2000, the high
court resolved the
presidential election in
favor of Republican candidate
George W. Bush. The Justices'
decision allowed Florida's 25
crucial electoral votes to
remain, giving Bush a total
of 271 electoral votes. Al
Gore, the Democratic
candidate, received 266
electoral votes. Candidates
must have a majority of 270
or more electoral votes to
win the United States
Presidency.
(for Judging the Supreme Court)
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