As I think about the Supreme Court's action, I can't imagine them forcing the Sec of State to include the selective hand recounts. They may encourage her to count them, but they have to give her some discretion, as a public elected official, to make a decision as to whether the process was fair, just, necessary, etc. Otherwise, they may just as well abolish her job and do it themselves. They will probably just reiterate the earlier decision, and say she can not be arbitrary in her decision.
It also seems completely reasonable for her to say that she is going to treat every county the same, and unless they can prove that there was a problem with the voting machines, she will go with the mechanical recount across the entire state, instead of the more ambiguous hand recount in selected democratic counties. In fact, if she were to do anything other than this, she could be accused of being arbitrary.
Again, I can't imagine the court forcing her to admit hand recounts from only 2-3 democratic counties, when the court is not in a position to know how the recount process is proceeding.
The more I think about this, the more I think it will be a non-issue, and Bush will be certified. |
