I disagree, I think SCOTUS HAD to get involved.
The Florida State Supreme court disregarded the written laws of Florida and were going to allow Gore to steal the election, by doing a selective recount (which was NOT allowed by state law). And in addition, they ordered the State Attorney General to NOT follow the law, which required the AG to certify the election results within a certain amount of time.
The only thing that SCOTUS did was tell the Florida Supreme Court that they had to follow their own laws. That was the right decision, REGARDLESS of the count totals.
The Dems, like usual were trying to change the law and getting the Dem controlled Florida Supreme Court to accommodate every possible way that Gore might win. That was WRONG!
It’s just like the Dems changed the laws in Mass. to allow the Democrat Governor to appoint replacements to Senate and Rep seats when a seat was vacated before finishing a term. Then, when they had a Republican Governor, they changed the law back to allowing the people to vote for the replacement, to ensure the Republican Governor couldn’t appoint the replacement. Dems are EVIL!! And they change the rules, every single time, if the can get away with it!
None of what the FL Supreme Court did or did not do could have made Gore President.
At most, two slates of electors from FL would have been submitted to Congress when they met on January 3 to count the votes (the FL legislature, which is supposed to appoint the electors anyway, was in session and ready to act, with large Republican majorities).
The Republican Congress would have either counted the Bush electors, ending it there, or counted neither in which case the Republican House, voting by States, would gave elected Bush 30-20.
Presidential elections are controlled by State legislatures and the People, not by the courts. Asking the USSC for permission to take normal democratic action clearly designated in the Constitution is very, very bad, because it just gives the (more) power they don’t have.