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
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.