The US SC final opinion is sloppy. It has, as I recall, six different opinion clusters generated by just nine Justices. (It's been three years since I read that decision, even though I participated in the case.) And it helps to draw a chart to keep track of which Justice supported which part of the decision. (One of the info babes misreported the outcome as a Gore win because she lost track of who wrote what.)
John / Billybob
We agree on that point. I said ....
Gore got the FLorida Supreme court to move the statutory certification deadline. This shortened the amount of time available for court-supervised recounts (the post-certification period was shortened at Gore's demand)