The big difference between 2000 and 2020 is that in 2000 Stone's plan worked: he stopped the vote count and cemented Bush's ascent to the White House, even though Bush lost the election. As the January 6th Committee continues to unpeel layers of criminality and conspiracy, it's important to note that the Stone/Bannon/Trump "Stop The Steal" scheme did not originate in 2020. It was, in fact, 20 years in the making.

Roger Stone, Trump's dirty trickster who was sentenced to 40 months in prison before Trump pardoned him, rolled out version 1.0 in Florida in 2000, helping the George W. Bush campaign stop a Florida Supreme Court-mandated statewide recount that would have handed the election to Al Gore.

After Stone's successful efforts to shut down the Miami-Dade County recount with the infamous "Brooks Brothers Riot," five Republicans on the US Supreme Court overruled the Florida Supreme Court (so much for "state's rights" and the 10th Amendment) and blocked the recount because it would "cause irreparable harm" to "plaintiff George W. Bush."

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Friday's Daily Stack

Case: "Roe v. Wade" (1973) (abortion legal).

Article: "Live Updates: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade in Landmark Decision" by Adam Liptak.

Article: "Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion" by Mark Sherman.

Article: "Here's where abortions will likely be banned or strictly limited post Roe" by Becky Sullivan, Kristin Gourlay.

Article: "What are abortion trigger laws and which states have them?" by Jesus Jiménez and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs.

Case: "Obergefell v Hodges" (2015) (same sex marriage).

Case: "Lawrence v Texas" (2003) (made same-sex sexual activity legal).

Case: "Griswold v Connecticut" (1965) (contraception for married couples).

Case: "Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization" (The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled, 2022).

Article: "6 takeaways from the fifth Jan. 6 select committee hearing" by Melissa Quinn, Kathryn Watson, Caroline Linton.

Article: ""Stop the Steal" Didn't Start in 2020 - It Was 20 Years In the Making" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Controversial Pro-Trump Group Warns Members to Avoid Election Day Meddling " by John Kruzel.

Site: "Stop the Steal Archive".

Article: "Black woman sentenced to six years in prison for registering to vote" by Ny Magee.

Tweet: "GET RID OF BALLOT HARVESTING, IT IS RAMPANT WITH FRAUD. THE USA MUST HAVE VOTER I.D., THE ONLY WAY TO GET AN HONEST COUNT!" by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!" by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "The Democrats are demanding Mail-In Ballots because the enthusiasm meter for Slow Joe Biden is the lowest in recorded history, and they are concerned that very few people will turn out to vote. Instead, they will search & find people, then “harvest” & return Ballots. Not fair!" by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "The Past 5 GOP Presidents Have Used Fraud and Treason to Steer Themselves to Electoral Victory" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Arizona HB 2720" by Representative Bolick.

Article: "'Stop the steal': The deep roots of Trump’s 'voter fraud' strategy" by Marianna Spring.

Article: "State Voting Laws" by Brennan Center.

Article: "voter ID law" by Brian Duignan.

Article: "The insurrection on Capitol Hill directly descends from the legacy of the Brooks Brothers riot and Bush v. Gore" by Grace Panetta.

Case: "Bush v. Gore".

Article: "Supreme Court gives Ohio right to purge thousands of voters from its rolls" by Pete Williams.

Article: "The Dirty Trickster" by Jeffrey Toobin.

Article: "Trump loyalists plan own exit poll amid claims of 'rigged' election" by Oliver Laughland and Sam Thielman.

Article: "‘It’s insanity!’: How the ‘Brooks Brothers Riot’ killed the 2000 recount in Miami" by Michael E. Miller.

Case: "Marbury v. Madison", 1803 (judicial review).

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].

Article: "Supremacy Clause" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Supreme Court’s decision to expand gun rights will have deadly repercussions, gun-safety advocates warn" by Melissa Chan.

Book: "The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss, Neil Howe.

Article: "Great Depression (1929 - 1930s) by Wikipedia.

Article: "World War II" (1939 - 1945) by Wikipedia.

Article: "American Civil War" (1861 - 1865) by Wikipedia.

Article: "American Revolutionary War" (1775-1783) by Wikipedia.

Law: "The National Labor Relations Act (The Wagner Act)", 1935.

Video: President Biden delivers remarks after Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.

Article: "Supreme Court rules for parents seeking state aid for religious schools" by David G. Savage.

Article: "Poland Shows the Risks for Women When Abortion Is Banned" by Katrin Bennhold and Monika Pronczuk.

Article: "Michael Moore: ‘The Democratic Party Needs to Declare a National Emergency’" by Dana Eisenberg.

Book: "They Thought They Were Free" by Milton Mayer. "First they came for the ... What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise..."

Case: "Shelby County v. Holder", 2013.

Article: "Justice Thomas: SCOTUS ‘should reconsider’ contraception, same-sex marriage rulings" by Quint Forgey and Josh Gerstein.

Article: "Cheney and Scalia Went Hunting Together" by David G. Savage.

Article: "Alcee Hastings" by Wikipedia.

Book: Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz.

Book: Trump: The Art of the Comeback by Donald J. Trump and Kate Bohner.

Article: "Will There Be a 2022 Dockworker Strike at West Coast Ports?" by Kevin Baxter.

Article: "Biden on baby-formula shortage: 'There's nothing more urgent we're working on than that right now'" by Victor Reklaitis.

Article: "The Watergate Hearings" by AAPB.

Article: "John N. Mitchell" by Wikipedia.

Article: "National Popular Vote Interstate Compact" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger." - Romans 2:8.

Article: "What Does the Bible Really Say About Abortion?" by FFRF.

Article: "Fact Check-Amy Coney Barrett statements on ‘super-precedents’ made during confirmation hearings misquoted on social media amidst Roe v. Wade overturn" by Reuters.

Article: "The Supreme Court may issue a ruling that could hurt Biden's climate change plans " by Laura Benshoff.

Article: "The Supreme Court May Be Preparing to Light our Planet on Fire" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "DeSantis vows Florida will expand limits on abortion after court ruling" by Elizabeth Crisp.

Article: "Sr. Joan Chittister's 2004 quote on 'pro-life' versus 'pro-birth' goes viral" by Heidi Schlumpf.

Article: "U.S. Treasury reports record budget surplus in April as revenues soar" by David Lawder.

Article: "National Debt Increased by $3 Trillion During Donald Trump's Three Years as President" by James Crowley.

Article: "Size of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet since quantitative easing (QE) measures were introduced from March 2020 to May 2022" by Statista.

Article: "List of recessions in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "US Presidents and Recessions – What Can We Learn?" by Urban Carmel.

Article: "Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban" by NBC.

Article: "Forced Sterilizations Are Still Legal in 31 States, New Report Shows" by Sara Luterman.

Article: "Clarence Thomas" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ginni Thomas" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Adam Laxalt's Chances of Beating Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada: Polls" by Jason Lemon.

Article: "Radical Supreme Court Guts State Gun Laws & Right to Remain Silent Under Arrest" by Democracy Now!

Article: "Miranda warning" (1966) by Wikipedia.

Article: "125 Years of Care" by Sparrow.

Article: "Democrats risk a crushing defeat this year. They must change course now" by Bernie Sanders.

Case: "Dred Scott v Sandford".

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