A shameful rebroadcast against Gore in the 2000 election?
• U.S. Supreme Court reverses Florida Supreme Court decision and paves Bush's path to victory in state
Bush (right) and Gore in the presidential confrontation, 2000
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AFP
The developments on election night, which included an announcement by President Trump that he would turn to the court demanding to intervene in the vote count, reminded many of the last time the Supreme Court was required to rule on election results.
Twenty years ago, in the first presidential election of the 21st century, Democratic Vice President Al Gore ran against then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush of the Republican Party.
For 36 days the world waited in anticipation to see who would be declared president, following a controversy over the election results in the state of Florida which was already then considered a swing state.
Gore led in the polls - but in counting the votes of truth there was a small advantage dressed.
Following this, television networks announced the Republican candidate as the winner of the state and election.
Gore called Bush to congratulate him on his win, but later that night Bush's gap narrowed significantly and the media channels withdrew their announcement.
At this point Gore called dressed to retract his confession of his loss.
The close result necessitated a recount of votes that determined that Bush Jr. had won by 900 votes.
The complication was created following Gore's request to hold a manual count of the ballot papers.
The use of ballot papers in those elections required puncturing holes in the form, and it was argued that some of the punctures were partial or problematic.
The manual count was documented by the global media, in which election inspectors were seen carefully examining each and every note in a magnifying glass.
At the conclusion of the proceedings, the Florida Electoral Commission announced that Bush had won by a margin of 537 votes - but the Gore campaign appealed.
Following this, the Florida Supreme Court ordered a further count.
But while election officials were busy counting, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Bush campaign's petition, reversing the Florida Supreme Court's decision - and ruling by a five-to-four majority that the count should be stopped.
Critics of the decision argued that it was made in accordance with the political leanings of the judges.
The five supporters of stopping the count and returning the hearing to the Florida Supreme Court were conservative judges.
It is estimated that Trump will seek the assistance of the Supreme Court in the current election as well.
The current panel has an established majority of six Conservative judges versus three Liberals.
Just a week ago, Trump's appointment to court, Amy Connie Barrett, was sworn in following the death of Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg.