With all the misinformation about a stolen election in 2020, there actually WAS one in 2000. @SCOTUS overturned the Florida Supreme Court’s decision to recount their votes.🧵

Jul 17, 2023 · 5:56 AM UTC

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Later, a final recount showed that Gore had won. Why so relevant now? Because we could’ve had a world class environmentalist as president in 2000!
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We would have had a powerful environmental agenda, and no Iraq War. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was the swing vote we were hoping for at the time, but she didn’t come through.
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Later, after she left the court, she said that she regretted that vote... 🥲
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Unless you served, you don't deserve to talk about any war, military action, or conflict. Half of us who have served don't even get the benefit of documentation for deployments. You have no idea where we've been or what we've sacrificed.
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I’m very sorry about what you went through. You’re right that no one who has not served can know the full horror of it. But all of us should weigh in on issues of war and peace.
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“Stolen” is when some weird, largely unknown wannabe candidate causes the presumptive winner to have to spend money in the primary which should be saved for the general election.
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There was one in 2016, too. Massive voter suppression campaign by the Republicans in many states (just as there was in Florida in 2000), and various irregularities in vote tabulation in Michigan and other swing states.
The reasoning behind the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision was primarily based on the interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court had to determine whether the recount process ordered by the Florida Supreme Court was conducted in a fair and consistent manner, without violating the rights of any voters. The majority opinion, written by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, held that the Florida recount process violated the Equal Protection Clause because there were no consistent standards for determining which disputed ballots should be recounted. The Court found that different counties in Florida had different methods for counting and evaluating ballots, leading to potential unequal treatment of voters. The Court believed that allowing the recount to continue under such circumstances would result in an arbitrary and unreliable outcome, which would undermine the integrity of the election. Therefore, they concluded that the recount process ordered by the Florida Supreme Court was unconstitutional.
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Did you make them violate twitter rules cause the account ain't workin