 Zelden concludes that the Court's failure to spotlight this critical flaw in American electoral democracy made a replay of "Bush v. Gore" more likely, not less likely, either in Florida or elsewhere.In 2013, retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who had voted with the majority, speculated that perhaps the Court should have declined to hear the case, which "gave the court a less-than-perfect reputation".A subsequent article in "Vanity Fair" quoted a number of the court's clerks at the time who were critical of the decision.