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History
Bush vs Gore
Bush v. Gore was a controversial case between the front runners of each presidential party of the United States. This case was heard on December 11, 2000. The point of this case was to decide the outcome of the presidential election. The race to decide the next president of the United States took place on Nov 7, 2000. Voting has now become determined under the electoral college system of the United States. The electoral college system works by each state voting for our new president apart from the other states. After the votes are all counted up, a winner is then declared in each state. This “winner” is then awarded the electoral votes of the state he or she has just won. The number of electoral votes per state is determined by how many representatives in the House and Senate represent such state. In the circumstance of Gore vs Bush, Gore led Bush by 266 …show more content…
In this lawsuit, Gore insisted that the recount should continue. On November 22, Bush discovered a loophole against the lawsuit pushed by Gore. Bush stated that Gore’s decision was in violation of a federal statute requiring electors to be finished at a given time before the Electoral College could meet. After this move by Bush, many more suits were filed in the Bush v. Gore case, and these cases were brought before the US Supreme Court on December 11, 2000. Because this case was unnatural, yet needed to be decided quickly for the sake of the entire US, the court gave its opinion in only 16 hours after both sides of the lawsuit. In order not to lose the lawsuits, Bush was “hiding” behind the Equal Protection Clause fo the 14th amendment. Bush was able to do this because all the votes were being counted unevenly.. Bush Argued the decision went against the Constitution, and that seemed to be good enough for the Supreme