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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis day is the twentieth anniversary of Bush v. Gore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_v._GoreI remember it like it was yesterday. There have been bad days in US history, but I count 12/12/00 as one of the darkest.
And yet it seems the current court has turned away from finishing the fall. For now. I take heart from this. Somewhat.
Shall we overcome?
roamer65
(36,959 posts)That broken election really marked the downfall of the American empire.
TrishaJ
(844 posts)James Baker on the networks saying, "the votes have been counted, and recounted and counted again..." Baker represented the Bush campaign.
in reference to Florida. And I think of that today and smile for my state of Georgia: the votes have been counted and recounted and recounted and recounted AGAIN
Dem4Life1102
(3,974 posts)Most counties just re-tabulated their memory cards. They never ran the ballots through the machines again which they were supposed to do.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,748 posts)It was a close call 20 years ago, closer this year, and they're not done trying yet.
We can never forget how much republicon scum lust for absolute power.
The Handmaid's Tale is their wet dream come true.
3catwoman3
(25,291 posts)...live in infamy.
doubleplusgood
(947 posts)And 9 months later? Sept. 11, 2001.
Yeehah
(5,173 posts)Maybe the role of the Supreme Court in this democracy needs examined.
pat_k
(10,440 posts)In his dissent, Justice Breyer essentially instructed Congress of their duty. The Bush v. Gore rendered the Florida election incomplete, and therefore unlawful under Florida law. It was up to Congress, not the courts, to judge the legality of the electors and throw them out.
Congress failed to defend against the coup.
Perhaps the most shameful moment in the last 30 years.
A turning point.
Had they done their duty, we would not have become the "torturer" nation. Standing strong for moral principle may have given our leadership the guts to do MUCH more (like impeaching the 5 black-robed traitors). The state of this nation today would likely have been very different -- for the better.