This weeks writing assignment is contained within Bush v. Gore. In Bush v. Gore I, not assigned as reading, the U.S. Supreme court reversed the 11th Circuit and applied the Equal Protection clause to the case regarding difference in county by county recount procedures. In the case assigned above, Bush v. Gore II, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Florida law recount procedures violated the equal protection clause as no uniform standard existed in Florida law to recount ballot choices of voters. The Supreme Court further ruled that the Florida Supreme Court violated a federal statute regarding the counting of presidential votes if it imposed a new statewide standard after the voting had already concluded. So, the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the Florida recount by granting an injunction pursued by the Bush legal team that barred any Florida government including counties from any additional recount of votes. Thus, Bush won the electoral votes of Florida and the election in 2000 by this order.
In this case, decide whether differences in standards on whether a vote counts among counties in a state constitutes a violation of the equal protection clause. Write a 2 page memorandum using the judicial opinions in the Bush v. Court II case whether or not the Florida recount procedures (the State Supreme Court used any intelligible indication as their standard) violated the equal protection clause.
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