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Source: Washington Post

11/4/2020

The Night the Supreme Court Settled a Presidential Election, Declaring George W. Bush the Winner

On the day the Supreme Court's Bush v. Gore ruling was released, it was not immediately clear that it made George W. Bush the president-elect.

Source: The New Republic

10/26/2020

How to Steal an Election

A new documentary, “537 Votes,” takes viewers back to the 2000 Florida recount—and shows how little has changed since then.