That's not the point though. I didn't realise it myself until I read books on the subject by Bugliosi and Dershowitz. The point is that all judges swear when they take office to uphold the law and to never make decisions for partisan reasons.
This is perhaps the most fundamental aspect of what a judge is, that he makes decisions on the facts not on personal prejudice.
This is why this issue will never die, and these judges will be known throughout history as the most corrupt Supreme Court, not because they gave the election to a fellow Republican but because they could not defend their decision from accusations of partisanship which breaks their oath of office.
This is the opinion of virtually every law professor in the country, that these judges destroyed the whole concept of fairness on which the system is based. It has nothing to do with Bush versus Gore, and nothing to do with who would have won. A judge has to be able to justify a decision based on precedent and the "shoe on the other foot" rule, that if for example Gore had been in Bush's place would they have given the election to Gore. No one believes they would have, which means they are corrupt and legally should be impeached.
You have to read a book on it to understand just how bad it really was.