Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, said that, for better or worse, the court was able to step in to resolve the dispute in the 2000 election and ratchet down tensions, while similar involvement in this year’s election would only further inflame things, especially with an eight-member court. But given the number of potential problems in November, she said that may be inevitable. “They’re going to take a hit,” she said.
Barbara Perry
