Some Supreme Court decisions make a huge election-year splashes . election-year : Bush ruling barring blacks from citizenship called court 's darkest moment . 1856 2000 / Bush v. Gore , ruling manual recounts of presidential ballots in Florida could not move ahead because of inconsistent evaluation standards in different counties . : 2000 huge cases on capital punishment and abortion rock the nation . Two : So who 's your president -- Bush or Gore ? The high court has to decide .
Some Supreme Court decisions make a huge election-year splashes . election-year : Bush ruling barring blacks from citizenship called court 's darkest moment . 1856 : 2000 huge cases on capital punishment and abortion rock the nation . Two : So who 's your president -- Bush or Gore ? The high court has to decide .