The decision by SCOTUS quashed everything and allowed Katherine Harris to certify Bush the winner; Gore had no legal recourse and conceded. Please post articles proving your positions.
the US supremes verified the fla lower courts and the fla supremes had no way to go...the US Supremes ONLY verified fla law
The Supreme Court held that: (1) manual recounts ordered by Florida Supreme Court, without specific standards to implement its order to discern “intent of the voter,” did not satisfy minimum requirement for non- arbitrary treatment of voters necessary, under Equal Protection Clause, to secure fundamental right to vote for President, and (2) remand of case to Florida Supreme Court for it to order constitutionally proper contest would not be appropriate remedy.
The judgment of the Supreme Court of Florida is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.
Pursuant to this Court’s Rule 45.2, the Clerk is directed to issue the mandate in this case forthwith.
It is so ordered.
http://law.gsu.edu/ccunningham/fall03/BushVGore-Edited.htm
This vacated the Fla Supreme’s decision (though the SCOTUS left them an out if they could do it in the time remaining ) Since their reveral of Sauls was reversed, it left Sauls’ denial as the final say in the Florida election question.