This week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., noted the Senate will hold a briefing regarding Russian interference in the 2016 race for the White House. The discussion is welcome as the election spurred partisan bickering and public mistrust in the U.S. electoral system.

It’s not the first time the results of presidential elections have been shrouded in controversy in recent decades. Who could forget the 2000 presidential election, with its hanging and dimpled chads, which was ultimately settled by the Supreme Court?