happen. that said, in 2000 bush v. gore went to the supreme court under the 14th amendment's equal protection clause. explain any other scenarios that could take this election to that point. >> okay, it could be almost the same sort of thing that happened in florida or, for example, north carolina that you just showed as a battleground state. we're talking about pla in ing could have close calls where there are a lot of electoral votes in place, florida 29 at stake, in north carolina some 15. so say on election night it's too close to call. the next thing that would happen is if the margin between the two candidates is so narrow that there's an automatic state recount, issues of how should the recount be done, that could be one scenario. another scenario could be one if there are long lines and some people protest whether their vote -- they could even vote. what if there are ballot tampering issues?