Which Supreme Court justices wrote dissenting opinions in Bush v. Gore?

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U.S. presidential election of 2000 — Bush v. Gore A Florida judge examining a challenged vote at an operations center in Plantation, Florida, during a recount of the state's U.S. presidential election ballots, 2000.

In the landmark case Bush v. Gore, four Supreme Court justices wrote dissenting opinions: Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Hackett Souter, and John Paul Stevens.1

These justices argued that while the recount process in Florida may have been flawed, it should have been allowed to continue. They maintained that the constitutional protection of each individual vote should not be constrained by a strict timeline. Notably, Justice Ginsburg concluded her dissent with the phrase "I dissent," departing from the traditional "I respectfully dissent."1