I agree, but that was beside the point. The SC ruling was lousy. But there is no evidence that the election was clearly and convincingly won by Gore. The AP rec

I agree, but that was beside the point. The SC ruling was lousy. But there is no evidence that the election was clearly and convincingly won by Gore. The AP recount afterward demonstrated otherwise, anyway (edit: by which I mean the standard of recount requested by Gore's camp: Bush still would have won). It was a lousy expression of democracy and you can even say it was a corrupt SC ruling, but it wasn't a coup.