Analysis of Bush v Gore

During the 2000 presidential election, Florida's electoral process became the focus of a series of court hearings in which the legitimacy of Florida's recount of a closely contested race was ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court (Bugliosi, 48-50). At issue herein is a brief description of the arguments for and against the decision taken by the Supreme Court to halt the recount, overturn the ruling of the Florida State Supreme Court permitting the recount to continue beyond the statutory deadline for reporting a winner, and to base its decision on the equal protection clause of the Constitution.

In rendering its decision to halt the Florida recount, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Florida Supreme Court's ruling violated 3 USC Section 5, which basically states that during a presidential election, the state electors must be selected six days prior to the day when they will cast their votes for a presidential candidate (Bugliosi, 131). In addition, the plaintiff, George Bush, argued that the Florida Supreme Court's

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