What harm is there in counting votes? If a cloud is cast     over George W. Bush’s presidency, it is because he not only failed to win the national popular vote, he “won” the disputed election in Florida where his brother Jeb Bush was governor. The United States Supreme Court is fully re- sponsible for the cloud over this election. And as Justice Breyer, joined by Justices Stevens, Ginsburg and Souter,

remarked in dissent:

 

Above all, in this highly politicized matter, the appearance of a split decision runs the risk of undermining the public’s confidence in the Court itself. That confidence is a public trea-sure. It has been built slowly over  many years, some of which were marked by a Civil War and the tragedy of segregation. It is a vitally...

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