IIRR..all the SCOTUS did was issue the ruling that IF Florida could recount the entire state, then every state should recount. In short, they asked the FL Supreme court how they could reach that ruling.
It boiled down the equal protection.
BTW..the chief justice of the FL supreme court issued a stark warning in his opinion against the FL supreme court ruling (majority) that their ruling would fail and violated the constitution of the USA.
The FL supreme court rescinded their ruling as a result, and that was the end of that.
It set the GW Bush administration back 6 months. I never liked the Bush clan, but the alternative was FAAAARRR worse. So I voted for the guy.
The reason they do not like the Donald is because he aint one of them. He wont allow for the kickbacks, bribes and fraud. He has exposed the whole GD slimy bastardley works. They make the Mafia look like an Old womens ice cream social.
Not states, counties.
Florida only wanted to recount Dade, Broward, and West Palm Beach, which were dominant Gore states. SCOTUS said they had to recount the entire state.
Nobody said that if one state recounts, then all states must recount.
Now that you mentioned that, it does bring up an interesting future case. If it should come to be that the National Popular Vote compact passes and all states in the compact award their Electoral Votes to the winner of the national popular vote, the SCOTUS ruling could be interpreted to say that if any state in the compact recounts, then all states in the compact must recount.
-PJ