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2000 election date
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uncertainty of election in Florida
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Al Gore requests recount
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Apparent Gore victory
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Injunction provoked furious protests from democrats
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Supreme court decides date is binding and because they didn’t finish, the Florida recount was done.
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interview
Four years after tillman’s death, Justice Scalia was interviewed by CBS correspondent Lesley Stahl on the show 60 Minutes. Scalia admits to playing a pivotal roll in urging the other justices to end the Florida recount, thereby handing the 2000 election to George Bush.