# Bush vs. Gore - best background? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 29, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-vs-gore-best-background/657052 "2013-04-29T22:38:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-vs-gore-best-background/657052/9 "2013-04-30T01:13:41Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > In Bush v. Gore they actually ruled essentially (and I’m not good at summarizing SCOTUS decisions) that the recount process as it was being done violated the Equal Protection clause and that no viable alternative could possibly be developed prior to the deadline in U.S. Code for resolving controversy in the selection of electors. Basically ending the recount and giving the election to Bush. I’d call that a steal, but to each his own. It’s true that Bush didn’t have his fingerprints on that, but Team Bush did have a hand in delaying tactics like the [Brooks Brothers Riot](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot) that shut down the recount in Miami-Dade County. The election may have been stolen for them by others, but they were trying to steal it themselves as well. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-vs-gore-best-background/657052)._