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In reply to the discussion: So tired of the Gore won popular vote, Bush won electoral vote meme [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)before the case was taken, (and no it should never have been before the SC ever), over by the SC. He should have protested the SC getting involved at all.
Had the shoe been on the other foot, you can bet that Republicans would never have allowed the SC to interfere and they would have been all over the media demanding a state wide recount.
The SC has no role in elections. Any ruling by them therefore was not legal. That too should have been challenged. Even they admitted themselves in their opinion, that this 'must not set a precedent'. Utterly outrageous and a clear opening to challenge that unconstitutional interference by the SC.
Either the SC rulings are legitimate and as such DO set precedent, or they are not and they are not when the SC itself says they 'are not setting precedent'.