Why did Bush ask the US Supreme Court to halt the state-wide manual recount?

Bush ask the US Supreme Court to halt the state-wide manual recount because his Equal Protection rights were violated because there was no existing legal standard to recount the punch-card ballots.

Explanation:

George Bush is an American president and business man. He served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. Before his election to the president, he was the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.

His father, George H. W. Bush, served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. He his a republican party Member

The Election that brought him into the office of president was in 2000, during the general election, the Supreme Court decision to stop a recount in Florida pave way for his victory at the Election. He became the fourth person to be elected president without a popular vote victory.

After long series of legal battles at the Court, the supreme Court made a decision to stop recount in Florida. This Decision by the court is widely believe to be highly controversial