Bush v. Gore doubts voiced by Justice O'Connor for first time

Bush v. Gore doubts:?Former Justice?O'Connor tells the Chicago Tribune editorial board that perhaps she and her colleagues should have turned down the?Bush?campaign's appeal of a Florida Supreme Court decision

By Associated Press / April 30, 2013

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor holds a copy of the Constitution before a recitation of preamble, at the National Constitution Center, in 2011, in Philadelphia.

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Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is suggesting for the first time that the court should have stayed out of the 2000 presidential election dispute between George W.?Bush?and AlGore.

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The 83-year-old O'Connor tells the Chicago Tribune editorial board that perhaps she and her colleagues should have turned down the?Bush?campaign's appeal of a Florida Supreme Court decision to allow a recount requested by the?Gore?campaign.

O'Connor was in the majority in the high court's 5-4 decision that stopped the recount and sealed?Bush'selection. She has long lamented the controversy over the decision that she said gave the court a "less-than-perfect reputation."

But in the past, O'Connor has said the court had no choice but to take on the case. She retired in 2006.

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