 Law clerks for the court at the time would later recall that Stevens, Breyer, Ginsburg and Souter had begun drafting their dissent before oral arguments began.They also noted Justice Scalia had begun campaigning for the stay of the recount before the court had received Gore's response to Bush's request and later recalled that he was so incensed at Stevens' dissent, that he requested the release of the opinions be delayed so that he could amend his opinion to include a response to Stevens.Kennedy is also reported to have sent out a memo which accused the dissenters of "trashing the court".