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If Harris wins, will the Supreme Court steal the election for Trump?

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David Gergen : In 2000 , the Supreme Court handed George W. Bush the presidency in Bush v. Gore .

Gergen says the Court has gone out of its way to protect Trump from the legal consequences of his behavior.

He says a coup is much more likely if the election is very close than in 2020 , and if Trump loses, his behavior suggests that he will petition a GOP -controlled Supreme Court to undo the will of the voters.

Frida Ghitis: The Supreme Court has laid the doctrinal framework for a decision overturning the 2024 election.

She says the GOP -controlled Supreme Court claims the power to overrule any of these decisions, and potentially to rewrite a state’s own election law.

Ghitis says the more that the 2016 election looks like 2000 , with the outcome turning on a single state, the more likely it is that the Republican justices will intervene.