let me get this straight. You're trying to prove that the US Supreme Court decision was fair by quoting from that decision?
It was by no means evident that recounting votes was unconstitutional. Dana On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:11:02 -0800, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Because it is evident that any recount seeking to meet the December > 12 date will be unconstitutional for the reasons we have discussed, we > reverse the judgment of the Supreme Court of Florida ordering a > recount to proceed. Seven Justices of the Court agree that there are > constitutional problems with the recount ordered by the Florida > Supreme Court that demand a remedy. .... The only disagreement is as > to the remedy. > > "Because the Florida Supreme Court has said that the Florida > Legislature intended to obtain the safe-harbor benefits of 3 U. S. C. > 5, Justice Breyer's proposed remedy remanding to the Florida Supreme > Court for its ordering of a constitutionally proper contest until > December 18 â€" contemplates action in violation of the Florida election > code, and hence could not be part of an 'appropriate' order .... > > "None are more conscious of the vital limits on judicial authority > than are the members of this Court, and none stand more in admiration > of the Constitution's design to leave the selection of the President > to the people, through their legislatures, and to the political > sphere. > > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:23:25 -0600, Jim Campbell wrote: > > Sam, that's completely disingenuous; if the court had "no choice" then > > it would have been a 9-0 decision; and if the law were "very clear", > > there would have been no dissenting opinion. If the entire purpose of > > the court system is simply to rubberstamp laws and never interpret the > > application thereof, then I'd love to hear your opinion of why exactly > > we should have them in the first place. > > > > "I can imagine when you'd want to mention things questioned by the people." > > > > Well, that's a start. > > > > - Jim > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:150251 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
