Question

check your understanding

in the historic presidential election of 2000, democrat al gore and republican george w. bush ran against each other. though gore won the popular vote, the presidency would be determined by who won floridas electoral votes. it took the u.s. supreme courts ruling in bush v. gore to decide which candidate received floridas votes and, with them, the presidency.

check your understanding: question 2 of 2

the u.s. supreme court ruled the florida recount order violated which amendment?

a. first amendment
b. nineteenth amendment
c. fourteenth amendment
d. sixth amendment

Explanation:

Identify the constitutional basis of the Bush v. Gore ruling

In the landmark case Bush v. Gore (2000), the U.S. Supreme Court evaluated whether the Florida Supreme Court's order for a manual recount of ballots violated the U.S. Constitution.

Analyze the constitutional violation

The Court ruled 7–2 that the recount scheme violated the Equal Protection Clause because different counties were using different standards to determine voter intent, thereby treating individual votes unequally.

Match with the correct amendment

The Equal Protection Clause is a key provision of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Answer:

• A. First Amendment
• B. Nineteenth Amendment
• C. Fourteenth Amendment (Correct answer)
• D. Sixth Amendment