"ArtKramr" wrote
"Gene Storey" wrote

The State of Florida ruled that Bush had won the vote, and no amount of
recounts would ever create a condition where Gore could win. Where else
would Gore go to hear his federal petition against the state?

You miss the issue entirely..You are talking about politics. I am talking about
jusidical law. If not for Madison vs. Marbury the Supreme Court would have had
no jurisdiction in Gore vs. Florida.
See Barron vs. Baltimore.

I'm not talking about politics?? I'm talking about the Supreme Court.

Even without Marbury, and all the case-law which follows, and even without
the 15th Amendment, the Supreme Court would still have to decide whether the
state of Florida did not have the power to block infinite recounts by counties
within its jurisdiction.

Barron is purely about a top-down process, while Gore v Florida was about a
bottom-up process.