Assuming everything else was the same, but we branch off into a parallel universe where the US Supreme Court just ignore facts and arbitrarily decided by a 5-4 vote (assuming Roberts side with the 3 liberal justices, because that’s probably the most realistic scenario) that Donald J. Trump is the winner of the election. What would happen? Civil war?

Asking because I’m a pessimist and always think of worst-case scenarios.

  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Wait didn’t they decide it with Bush vs Gore? I read that Clarence was the deciding vote for why Bush was declared the winner even though he lost.

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      The Supreme Court decided on whether or not to recount in Florida. They didn’t directly choose the winning candidate