By: Mark  Glennon*   The United States Supreme Court issued its written opinion in Bush v. Gore just one day after it heard oral arguments on the case, which decided the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. The case had gone through three previous courts in less than five weeks, which included detailed factual issues about “hanging chads” and all the rest.   The Illinois Supreme Court held oral arguments this March 11 on the pension reform law. The lower court ruling on which the appeal was based was rendered on November 21, 2014. The law at issue was