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Where were you when Bush v. Gore was decided?

Columnist George Will has a good if not slightly scolding-to-liberalsΒ recap of the recount drama that unfolded in Florida in November of 2000 between then-candidates for president Texas Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore which resulted in Bush v. Gore, which resulted in the SCOTUS ultimately ruling on December 12, 2000 that election laws could not be revised Β nor re-written byΒ the FLΒ state Supreme Court in the aftermath ofΒ the contested election because theyΒ violated the Constitution’s equal protection guarantee.Β  As a result, Al Gore grudgingly conceded and George W. Bush won the state of Florida by 537 votes – becoming the 43rd President of the United States......   [Read More]