23 years ago today, I sat dumbfounded and depressed in my car in a parking lot for hours after hearing the SCOTUS handing down the antidemocratic end to the FL recount that gave GW Bush the presidency over Al Gore who won the popular vote by 500000, about the size of Sacramento.
@Drdind but that's not what the ruling said or did.
The problem is that so many people sat dumbfounded because their news sources misinformed them about what was going on, painting an upsetting picture that didn't really make sense, because it wasn't an accurate representation of current events.
The SCOTUS ruling was mainly that a lower court erred in its interference in the election process. It is, after all, a court of appeals in this sort of case, and was never asked whether to hand the presidency to anyone.
With accurate framing the ruling makes much more sense and would have left fewer people dumbfounded.
