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MT Vernon notes

12 November 2016

9:00 AM

12 November 2016

9:00 AM

Finally the US Presidential elections are over; it is Trump after all. After a visit to both coasts stateside, I fear the US Supreme Court may still be involved down the track, as was the case in 2000.

Bush v. Gore led to a jarring recount in Florida in 2000, that was ultimately suspended by the US Supreme Court or SCOTUS; they ordered the recount stopped by five votes to four plus a paragraph saying the ruling was not a precedent for the future.

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