The effect of the court's ruling was to choose the next president.
Explanation: A divided Supreme Court rule said that the ruling Florida court which stated to manual recount of ballot in Florida was unconstitutional during the presidential election of 2000. The case was named as Bush v. Gore who were the candidates of the election. However this ruling of Supreme court remained as a controversial one among the people. Many said that this ruling had established the equal right of voting and electing. The supreme court said that Florida Supreme court is giving more protection to some ballots which unconstitutional. But the critics said that the ruling of supreme court was partial because it was a ruling that determined the president of the US. They said that the ruling was partial and and the Justices had political goal.