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In reply to the discussion: "Trumps refusal to disclose his taxes prompts clever legislation in California" [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Constitution.
Earlier the same day that the SCOTUS decision came out on Bush v Gore, the Florida state legislature voted to give the states electors to Bush citing Article II Section I as giving them the power. Once the SCOTUS ruled, they quickly buried this news and never spoke of it again, but there was some coverage:
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2000/12/elec-d07.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/nov/30/uselections2000.usa2
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=122367&page=1
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showflorida2000.php?fileid=fla_legislature12-06
As you see in the 2nd to last link, the only thing that would have potentially made this invalid is that since it was AFTER election day it could be considered Ex Post Facto.