Once again we see the bad consequences of the USSC agreeing to hear Bush v. Gore.
SCOTUS had no choice but to intervene in 2000 as a function of Judicial accountability. Essentially, they told the Florida Court to cease and desist trying to cherry-pick the result for Gore.
Otherwise, the Presidency would have been decided by the Courts. The left can cry all they want that that is what happened anyway. It is not. SCOTUS pushed aside the interference of the Courts in order to allow the state of Florida to decide its outcome.
The involvement of SCOTUS was unfortunate but necessary to protect the integrity of the process. SCOTUS only altered the process by blocking a lower Court from interference. Florida decided its own outcome, not SCOTUS. Barring that blockade, the lower Court would certainly have successfully interfered with the outcome.
SCOTUS’ involvement was unfortunate but critical.