Well, maybe. A couple stories:
Florida Supreme Court OKs recounts cnn.com
Florida Secretary of State Katherine
Harris, told the Supreme Court today
that she -- not the high court -- has the
authority to make decisions on allowing
hand counts.
The Supreme Court's order did not say
that Harris must consider the new
recounts and it remains unclear what
impact new vote tallies might have on the presidential election.
This story refers to cnn.com
in which Harris invokes legal infallibility, a doctrine I was previously unfamiliar with, except wrt a certain alleged IP company:
In her response, Harris said, the Florida Supreme Court "has no jurisdiction" to
allow Palm Beach County to begin a recount.
She said there was no need to decide between her opinion and Butterworth's
because Florida law provides her opinion "is binding upon the board" and the
court must defer to her opinion.
Further, Harris said her staff has correctly construed the Florida law, while
Butterworth's interpretation is "erroneous." (from cnn.com
I'm right, you're wrong, nyah nyah nyah. Sound like a good reason to go to court to me, although it also sounds like Ms. Harris would be perfectly comfortable ignoring a ruling from the state Supreme Court too.
A more comprehensive story from the good gray Times:
High Court Rules Recounts May Proceed in Palm Beach nytimes.com
The Supreme Court, whose seven
members were all appointed by
Democratic governors, said that
based on the decisions in lower courts in Leon and Palm Beach
counties, Palm Beach County officials could restart the hand count.
``At present, this is bending legal authority on the issue and there is no
legal impediment to the recounts continuing,'' the Supreme Court
order said. ``Thus, Petitioners are authorized to proceed with the
manual recount.''
All seven members of the Supreme Court signed on to the ruling, but
noted that it was only an interim order focusing only on the narrow
issue of whether Palm Beach could restart their manual recount.
As Casey Stengel said, it ain't over till it's over. Or was that Yogi Beara?
Cheers, Dan. |
