Jeb Bush told his Supreme Court to stop the recount? He told his Supreme Court to give the election to his brother? Are you serious? The Florida Supreme Court did everything to continue the recounts, regardless of settled election law in Florida. After a completely illegal attempt by the Florida Supreme Court to rewrite established Florida election law, the US Supreme Court overturned the decision by the Florida Court. It was overturned by the US Supreme Court because the Florida court attempted to rewrite election law with regard to a national, presidential election. No recount, either before or after the election had Gore getting more votes than Bush. Bush simply got more votes and that is why Bush won the election.