Bologna. Gore's objective was not to win Florida, but to keep the vote counting past the time that the electoral college met. If that happened, Florida's votes would not have been counted and Gore would have won in the electoral college.
Most legal scholars believed that the US Supreme Court, relying upon federalist principles, would affirm Florida's right to manage its own elections.
The decision to stop the counting looks so easy in hindsight. Go back six years and re-think.
I understand and appreciate what they did, I just don't think or know that SCOTUS had any choice.
What insider info do you have that says O'Connor was the saviour or leader?