The Nine in a Pickle
This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
There is a common perception – actually a misperception, in my judgment – that the U.S. Supreme Court determined who won the White House in 2000. Even if Bush v. Gore had not stopped the Florida recount, it is most likely that the current President Bush would have been the occupant of the Oval Office anyway.
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