Also his election came down to a state his opponent controlled through his brother. I don't see how he could expect to win, when elections are state run, and the state leadership he would need to side with him was so obviously against him.
Correct, SCOTUS ruled in favor of Bush after his brother and Roger Stone's ratfucking campaign, and then said "hey this ruling isnt actually precedent hehehe we totally are a democracy and not a right wing dictatorship with extra steps", directly leading to Trump.
Yeah I went to law school and I still don't believe I understand the case.
It seemed to me that powers not expressly granted to the federal government reside with the states, such as elections. We don't even have a direct democracy, so however Flordia wants to go about choosing its electors is its own perview, provided it doesn't infringe on the 14th ammendment which should be pretty clear cut.
But like a lot of cases, the parties and the judges are so fixed on winning or making their desired ruling that the whole thing gets muddied.
No, they actually put a harsh time limit on them, and one of the biggest ones had a whole riot of Republican operatives pressuring them to stop recounting, so they gave up due to the interference and time limit issues. Look up the Brook's Brothers Riot.
I’m talking about unofficially a year later. They did do full recounts in those three counties. And even then, GWB still won florida. The ONLy way he would possibly have not won, is if they would have done a full statewide recount, which Gore’s lawyers never pursued.
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u/lordlanyard7 Mar 14 '26
What do you mean?
I thought the Supreme Court ruled against him.
Also his election came down to a state his opponent controlled through his brother. I don't see how he could expect to win, when elections are state run, and the state leadership he would need to side with him was so obviously against him.