The sheer closeness of the U.S. presidential race makes an election-determining Supreme Court showdown a possibility. It just isn't likely.
The justices' intervention mattered only because the outcome hinged on fewer than 1,000 votes in a single state.
The chances of another Bush v. Gore are pretty small, said Joshua Douglas, an election-law professor. The court is not going to want to get involved unless it absolutely has to.
The Supreme Court in recent years has moved to shrink the universe of subjects that might land there with an election on the line.
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