jan 7, 2000 - Bush v. Gore

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This landmark 5 to 4 decision effectively resolved the 2000 presidential election
in favor of George W. Bush. The Court ruled that the Florida Supreme Court's method for
recounting ballots was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision allowed Florida Secretary of State's previous certification of George W. Bush as the winner of Florida's 25 electoral votes to stand. Florida's votes gave Bush, the Republican candidate, 271 electoral votes, one more than the required 270 electoral votes to win the Electoral College and defeat Democratic candidate Al Gore, who received 266 electoral votes (a District of Columbia elector abstained).

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