Carl, I have not been "tied" to the Television, so I may not know all the fact. I thought that the initial recount was "automatic" without any court action, and the proposed manual count in specific counties originate from petitions to the county's specific (each county?) canvassing board, and still without any judicial intervention. The only judicial intervention, so far on the "Gore side" is not from the Gore campaign, but from individuals that are claiming their voting rights were interferred with. I believe that the first "shot over the bow" in the respective campaigns' battle is this morning Federal case. By the way, who is the "opposition" in this case, the state of Florida, the specific canvassing boards (where Bush is trying to prevent manual counting) or the opposing campaign? You are the lawyer, you surely should understand better than I the wrangling going on.
I would guess the "opponent" should be the canvassing boards and the only way th Gore Campaign could interfere would be by filing "friend of the court" arguments or maybe filing their own suit to force manual counting (poor canvassing boards, sued by both sides and they probably say, "Pox on both your houses" (g).)
Zeev
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