Does equal protection apply only to federal races? Seems to me that this is the pivot of the case. One county counted votes entirely differently from other counties, rendering certain votes a different value than others.
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I thought the equal protection arguement was weak, but they hung their hat on it because of the Florida Supreme Court had overstepped their authority and was trying to throw the whole election process in chaos. The US Supreme Court stepped in out of neccessity. The Supreme Court does not want to get in the middle of every election and will stay out of this.