-Caveat Lector- Gore Says Fla. Can't Name Electors By Anne Gearan Associated Press Writer Thursday, Nov. 30, 2000; 10:11 a.m. EST WASHINGTON –– Al Gore's lawyers argued to the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday that the Florida Legislature does not have authority to appoint its own slate of presidential electors. Congress set Election Day as a uniform national date for selection of electors, Gore's lawyers wrote in the latest round of filings. The brief, filed a day ahead of a showdown session in the high court, argued that Florida made its presidential choice on Nov. 7, "although by a vote so close and under a counting process so flawed that the state's courts are still attempting to ascertain ... what the choice was." Gore's paperwork was a response to a filing Tuesday By George W. Bush, who wants the high court to forestall what he called a potential constitutional crisis over appointment of electors. Bush's separate reply is also due Thursday. "Any state legislative attempt simply to appoint electors after the fact would appear to be federally pre-empted," Gore's lawyers wrote. The Electoral College meets Dec. 18. Florida's 25 electoral votes will be decisive, since neither Bush nor Gore has a majority without them. A legislative committee in Florida has held hearings this week into the possibility of stepping into the disputed presidential election. The Republican-led Legislature may decide to appoint its own slate of electors to the Electoral College if the issue is still unresolved by Dec. 12, the federal deadline for setting a state's electors. Democrats also say they are concerned the Legislature might act if Gore prevails in his court challenges in Florida and captures the current slate of electors. Bush wants the Supreme Court to rule that Florida's high court was wrong to extend a state deadline for counties to turn in their vote totals, and that the results of late hand recounts should be omitted from the state tally. That could roll the election clock back in Florida and give Bush a 930-vote lead instead of his current 537-vote margin. The Florida court gave three counties an extra 12 days to recount ballots by hand at Democratic request. One county finished, one did not and one decided to stop for lack of time. Because the recounts are over, at least for now, some scholars have said the Supreme Court has little useful role in the fast-changing legal drama at this point. But in his court filings Tuesday, Bush urged the court to put its stamp of finality on the election, and raised the possibility of dueling slates of electors – one with the imprimatur of the courts, the other set by the Legislature. "By acting now to reject the Florida Supreme Court's unwarranted intrusion into the regulation of the manner of appointing electors, this court will eliminate the potential for a constitutional crisis arising out of an unseemly conflict among Florida's legislative and judicial branches regarding the appointment of electors," Bush wrote then. Copyright 2000 The Associated Press ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om