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To: Elmer who wrote (118875)11/22/2000 12:34:28 PM
From: f.simons  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
Elmer-

They completely threw out the law prescribed by the legislator and created out of thin air a remedy crafted to suit a single political end.

What law did they throw out? They reconciled two contradictory provisions in the Florida election statutes.

7 Democrats can operate outside any law passed by their legislature and personally select our next President without answering to anyone in a timely manner. No law can stop them because they define their own power and authority

This is known as the Supreme-Court-run-amuck scenario. They make a ruling I don't like, so I accuse them of disregarding any law passed by the legislature. This completely ignores the fact that there was a contradiction in those laws which needed to be reconciled.

The Constitution makes them the last authority on what the Constitution says.

Who should be the last authority? Let me guess: The Republican legislature.

That's why it is a black day for the rule of law.

C'mon Elmer. It isn't the end of the republic. A few folks who otherwise wouldn't have had their votes count, now will.
If the Secretary of State (who is completely non-partisan, of course) hadn't been in such a hurry to inaugurate Bush as our next president, we might have avoided the Supreme Court entirely.

Frank
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