-Caveat Lector- http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20001212/ts/recount_rdp.html Tuesday December 12 11:15 PM ET Supreme Court Rejects Fla. Recount By RON FOURNIER AP Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A divided Supreme Court reversed a state court decision for recounts in Florida's contested election Tuesday night, all but transforming George W. Bush (news - web sites) into president-elect. Some Democrats urged Vice President Al Gore (news - web sites) to give up his challenge in America's overtime election. Gore ``should act now and concede,'' Ed Rendell, the chairman of the Democratic Party said less than an hour after the court issued its late night ruling five tumultuous weeks after the nation voted. Gore lawyer W. Dexter Douglass said, ``It sounds like we lost.'' ``What else can we do?'' he said. ``It means we can't do the recount.'' Still, another legal adviser said the justices' order sending the case back to the Florida Supreme Court (news - web sites) might offer at least some hope that recounts could be conducted under a new standard. Gore was reviewing the decision with his staff and attorneys, and had not decided how to react to it, several sources said. Bush attorneys also were reading the decision closely to determine whether it gave Gore any hope of a recount. ``It's clear the decision has been reversed,'' said spokeswoman Mindy Tucker. ``It's clear that the recounts that they've ordered will not happen. Beyond that, our attorneys are still looking at the decision and we'll have further comment later.'' In an extraordinary late-night decision, the justices said the recount ordered last weekend by the Florida Supreme Court could not be completed by a midnight deadline for selection of presidential electors and still pass constitutional muster. ``It is obvious that the recount cannot be conducted in compliance with the requirements of equal protection and due process without substantial additional work,'' the court wrote. Its ruling came with exceptional haste for the court, the day after it heard arguments in the case. ================================================================= 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
