Should the U.S. Supreme Court have intervened in the election of 2000? Explain your answer in terms of the separation of powers doctrine

What type of due process did President Bush claim was being violated and how can equal protection protect political candidates?
What will be an ideal response?


ANSWER: Answers may vary: Bush v. Gore (2000) presented the U.S. Supreme Court with an unusual set of circumstances. Claims of rampant voter fraud on the part of Florida voting officials, claims of voter disenfranchisement, particularly in communities of color which were heavily democratic, candidate George W. Bush's brother, Jeb, as the top elected official in the state as Governor, and the conflict between state vote recounting procedures in conflict with the federal due process claim, left many Americans unhappy with the high Court's intervention, particularly with the claim that Mr. Bush had not won the popular vote. Mr. Bush had claimed his due process rights to a fair hearing on the recount issue was being violated and equal protection protects candidates by treating them as similarly-situated candidates.

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