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10. How did the Supreme Court's decision in Bush v. Gore (2000) differ from its

decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
A. The Brown decision was unanimous, while the Justices divided along
suspected party lines in Bush v. Gore.
B. Bush v. Gore affected the entire nation, while Brown only had an impact
on a handful of people.
C. Brown was decided at a time of economic prosperity, while Bush v. Gore
was decided during an economic depression.
D. Bush v. Gore prohibited racial segregation in schools, while Brown
affected state voting procedures

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In brief, the breakdown of the decisions was: 1. Seven justices agreed that there was an Equal Protection Clause violation in using different standards of counting in different counties. The per curiam opinion also identified a problem with the fact that the Florida recount was limited to undervotes; the per curiam implied that a constitutionally valid recount would have included not only Florida's undervotes, but also Florida's overvotes and the ballots that were classified by Florida

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