Why was Bush appointed by the Supreme Court, instead of being elected by the Electoral college?

Question

As the US Constitution requires?

Answer 1

it was a sucker punch to the heart of this nation.. who would have thought that the Supreme Court.. the Law of the Land.. Blind Justice herself... would vote strictly down party lines... it was a sad day for America.

Answer 2

He wasn't appointed - that's just what hate-filled idiots say.

Here are the facts:
1. The initial vote count in FL was in Bush's favor, but by such a small margin a recount was automatically required, per FL law.
2. The recount, conducted per FL law as enacted by the FL state legislature, resulted in a Bush win. Legally, per FL state law, this should have been the end of it, but...
3. The Dems decided to ask for a recount, but only in heavily majority Democrat areas, on the assumption they could fabricate enough votes there to win. The FL supreme court allowed this, and allowed curious methods of detecting what the true vote of the undervote and overvote ballots were. This was of suspect legality for 2 reasons: Per the US Constitution, it actually states that the method of counting the states votes and selection of the electors is to be decided prior to the election by the state legislature, and secondly, what we have here is a change to election law AFTER the election - a very suspicious action.
4. Since the Dems STILL couldn't find enough votes, they sought to expand the search and use even more outlandish methods to call ballots for Gore, and to use different methods in different areas.
5. The US Supremes slapped that down 7-2 and told the FL court to make changes to the recount so that all ballots were reviewed equally.
6. The FL court failed to control the methods.
7. The US Supremes said enough was enough, and 5-4 voted to stop the irregular FL vote count.

Lastly, after much investigation, it was found that Bush did indeed win the Florida vote. In the media sponsored recounts, it was found that Bush won the recounts that met current legal standards. It was also found that if, using unusual standards calling all under- and over- votes for Gore, then Gore won. But those would not hold up in a court of law.

PS. Let's not forget the Dem lawyers going around to all precincts to try to have absentee ballots from overseas military nullified. This is how Dems "support" the troops.

Answer 3

He wasn't appointed. The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Electoral College, which WAS constitutional.

Answer 4

Obviously you don't know very much about our electoral process. And like a typical lib, you won't quit whining about your LOSS in 2000.

To state it as plainly as I possibly can, the supreme court did what it was supposed to. It played an INTERPRETER'S role. When the numerous recounts that Al Gore ordered continued to be disputed, the Supreme Court was finally called in. In the end, it decided that even with the voting complications, Florida went to the Bush campaign.
When that happened, the electoral votes of that state went to George Bush. Thus, he WAS put in power by the electoral college.

Answer 5

Bush was elected in accordance with the procedures set forth in the US Constitution and relevant state election laws, which the Florida Supreme Court tried to monkey around with.

If the US Spupreme Court had not gotten involved, then Bush would still have been elected president.

This is a waste of time.

Answer 6

Bush was not appointed by the Supreme Court..
The suit about the vote count was settled by the Supreme Court.
And it turned out to be the right decision after all questions
regarding the final count were finally settled a long time thereafter.

Answer 7

He won the electoral vote both times. He wasn't appointed.

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/2000.html
I couldn't find a link that was like the one above for 2004, but here's another one that shows he got the electoral votes
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/scores2.html#2000

EDIT -- How the hell could I possibly get a thumbs down for my answer? It is the correct one, back up by 2 official links. How many more do I need?
Stupid liberals.

Answer 8

He was elected by the Electoral College in 2000 and 2004.

Answer 9

We won fair and square. Actually, since the numbers were approved by the sec of State of FL, the election was certified and thus over. Since Al Gore and crew wanted to sue, they were violating the law. The Supreme Court had no authority to rule on a certified election.

Move on already

Answer 10

HE WAS NOT APPOINTED BY THE SUPREME COURT. HE WON THE ELECTORAL VOTE FAIR & SQUARE. YOU LIBERALS NEED TO GET OVER THIS ALREADY. GORE LOST EVEN THOUGH HE TRIED TO STEAL THE ELECTION.
FLORIDA WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED FOR GORE BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSED IN THE PANHANDLE AREA OF FLORIDA
WHICH IS IN THE CENTRAL TIME ZONE LEADING TO MANY VOTERS IN THIS REPUBLICAN AREA OF THE STATE TO LEAVE THE POLLING PLACE SINCE THEY FELT THEIR VOTE WAS LOST. THIS REPRESSED THE REPUBLICAN VOTE & IF THE STATE WASN'T CALLED TO SOON BY THE NETWORKS
GORE WOULD HAVE LOST FLORIDA BY MANY MORE VOTES.

Answer 11

see this is the kind of attitude that liberals hold
it also explains for the constant media abuse against Bush his whole term, because the liberals won't get over the fact that they lost two times in a row to a BETTER president!