"The recount process… is inconsistent with the minimum procedures necessary to protect the fundamental right of each voter… Seven Justices of the Court agree that there are constitutional problems with the recount ordered by the Florida Supreme Court that demand a remedy." — Bush v. Gore, per curiam opinion, December 12, 2000
The constitutional clause the majority invoked to halt the Florida recount was
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the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV
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the Commerce Clause of Article I
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the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
Explanation
The per curiam opinion held that varying recount standards across counties violated equal protection by treating ballots unequally.