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In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that the Florida

Supreme Court's plan for recounting ballots violated the Equal
Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? Explain!

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Answer:

Well the answer is Bush v. Gore (2000)

Explanation: Hope this helps

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On December 8, the Florida Supreme Court had ordered a statewide recount of all undervotes, over 61,000 ballots that the vote tabulation machines had missed. The Bush campaign immediately asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the decision and halt the recount. Justice Antonin Scalia, convinced that all the manual recounts being performed in Florida's counties were illegitimate, urged his colleagues to grant the stay immediately.[1] On December 9, the five conservative justices on the Court granted the stay for Bush, with Scalia citing "irreparable harm" that could befall

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