Fall 2020 Aidan Wells and Elijah Schimelpfenig Fall 2020 Aidan Wells and Elijah Schimelpfenig

Bush v. Gore 2.0? Implications for the 2020 Election

Nearly twenty years ago, the United States was thrown into a legal crisis when the winner of the 2000 Presidential race remained unknown for 35 days after the election. Shortly after Al Gore called George W. Bush to retract his concession, a legal battle broke out in Florida counties where vote recounts were to be held. To the frustration of countless Democrats, Gore cited this recount as a legal and not a political process. Conversely, Republicans claimed that Democrats were trying to steal the election. Ultimately, Bush was handed an electoral victory by the Supreme Court in the landmark case known as Bush v. Gore, by a vote of five to four. In 2020, President Trump has cast doubt onto the authenticity of mail-in voting, and has taken to the courts to try and prove rampant voter fraud to little avail. Are we likely to see another Bush v. Gore unfold in 2020?

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