Since when do lawyers and courts determine Presidents?

There was a lot of bullshit involved, but Bush’s brother wasn’t part of it. The Secretary of State (Katherine Harris at the time, a republican) runs the election and no one has ever legitimately accused Jeb of interference. Also the first US Supreme Court ruling to stop the counting wasn’t party lines, it was 7-2.

If Gore was allowed to do the recounts he wanted in four counties, he still would have lost. So even if he won the court battle, he would have lost the election.

BUT if they had done a Florida-wide recount, which wasn’t on the table at the time, he would have won. At least that’s the story now.

So democracy did fail that day, but it wasn’t because of Jeb Bush.

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