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"The individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States unless and until the state legislature chooses a statewide election."
Correct! This is a majority opinion that found the Florida's Supreme Court's decision to recount the ballots unconstitutional. This opinion supported the position of Bush.
Incorrect.
"The manual recount would itself redress a problem of unequal treatment of ballots."
Correct! This is a dissenting opinion in support of Gore's position. This opinion held that by recounting the ballots in Florida, the problem of unequal treatment of the ballots would be fixed.
Incorrect.
"The Florida Supreme Court...did what courts do – it decided the case before it in light of the legislature's intent to leave no legally cast vote uncounted."
Correct! This dissenting opinion states that by following the Florida Supreme Court's decision to recount the ballots, each vote would then be counted. This opinion supported Gore's position to have all votes counted.
Incorrect.
"Equal protection applies as well to the manner of its exercise. Having once granted the right to vote on equal terms, the State may not, by later arbitrary and disparate treatment, value one person's vote over that of another."
Correct! This is a majority opinion that states that equal protection for voters must be protected by treating each vote the same way, not determining that one vote counts while one may not during a recount. This opinion supports Bush's position.
Incorrect.
"The Court was wrong to take this case. It was wrong to grant a stay. It should now vacate that stay and permit the Florida Supreme Court to decide whether the recount should resume."
Correct! This is a dissenting opinion that supported Gore's position. This opinion states that the U.S. Supreme Court should not have heard this case, instead, the case should have rested at the state level. In other words, Florida makes the final decision on whether or not to recount the ballots.
Incorrect.
"Because it is evident that any recount seeking to meet the December 12 date will be unconstitutional for the reasons we have discussed, we reverse the judgment of the Supreme Court of Florida ordering a recount to proceed."
Correct! This is a majority opinion that supported Bush's position. This states that it would be impossible to determine a winner by the date that prescribed by the state of Florida.
Incorrect.