“This is not such an occasion” to allow the federal government to intervene in state recounts. “We may never know,” Stevens wrote, who won the 2000 U.S. presidential election, but “the identity of the loser is perfectly clear: It is the nation’s confidence in the judge.” Bush v. Gore is a significant decision because of the energy and emotions he showed.” (Diane Marie Amann, clerk, 1988-1989)

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