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A few sentences into John Paul Stevens’ dissent you find the key sentence – right on the law and on democratic principles …

“Counting every legally cast vote cannot constitute irreparable harm.”

— John Paul Stevens, writing in dissent, George W. Bush et. al. v. Albert Gore, Jr. et. al. on Application for Stay, December 9, 2000

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