What does "the recount ordered by the Florida Supreme Court suffered from constitutional problems" mean? What does "it is evident that any recount seeking to meet the Dec. 12th date will be unconstitutional" means? What does "It is obvious that the recount cannot be conducted in compliance with the requirements of equal protection and due process without substantial additional work." mean? Those three parts of the ruling are very plain for anyone who has rudimentary reading comprehension skills. The Florida Supreme Court overstepped their constitutional authority with their ruling on conducting the recounts. 2 of the justices that agreed with the majority ruling were the liberals on the court. Justices Breyer and Souter agreed with the 5 conservative justices on the violation of the equal protection clause of the constitution by the Florida Supreme Court. Three of the justices indicated that the Florida Court had rewritten election legislation from the legislature.