Issues Considered By The Court
The Court had to resolve two different questions to fully resolve the case:
- Were the recounts, as they were being conducted, constitutional?
- If the recounts were unconstitutional, what is the remedy?
Three days earlier, the five-Justice majority had ordered the recount stopped and the Court had to decide whether to restart it.
Read more about this topic: Bush V. Gore
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