Eight years ago today

MANIFESTO

As the Hartford Courant reported the story:

A divided and contentious U.S. Supreme Court shut the last door on Al Gore's presidential hopes Tuesday, striking down the crucial Florida recount in a complicated ruling that left the justices split 5-4 on the key issue.

Their decision effectively makes George W. Bush the next president, as Republicans and even some Democrats quickly lined up to call Gore's campaign finished.

And the rest, as they say, is infamy.