Sauls may rule against Gore. Possible grounds:
1. Gore had the burden of proof, didn't carry it;
2. Remedy of selected recounts not appropriate.
If he finds for Gore, it would have to be based on the notion that machine recounts alone were inadequate on
those 10K ballots in Miami Dade.
Another approach to find for Bush may be to rely on the recent Fla. Supremes decision, setting the deadline. By parity of reasoning, you either make that deadline or you don't. If you don't, and certain votes are therefore left out of the certified result, perhaps they supply no basis for the contest.
Unfortunately I haven't had time to familiarize
myself with the statutes pertaining to grounds for
an election contest, to the extent they differ
from grounds for recounts.
Anyway, these are just some random thoughts, based on
watching a few segments over the weekend.
I had to smile at Boies rebuttal argument last night. After having been accused of misleading the Fla. Supremes about the Illinois case, he was citing directly from statutes and
cases with the text in front of him. Made me giggle.
I also was amused by the Gore team's reliance on the patent application with Ahmann. I've dug up that kind of impeachment evidence myself and it can be used effectively.
If Ahmann had been a professional expert witness, they wouldn't have been able to trip him up so much.
Finally, I was howling with laughter on Saturday afternoon.
Marcia Clark, of the OJ fiasco, has a weekend radio program in L.A. On Saturday, she was talking about the trial in Florida and was addressing the remarks of some commentator about why one of the parties would ask his own witness something damaging to the proponent's case.
She must have gone on for 10 minutes explaining that it is better to bring out negative material yourself, rather than let your opponent do it. She said it was a little charge in your case, but a neutron bomb if the opponent exploits it.
I guess she learned these techniques since she quit practicing law. Remember Furmann? How about all the negatives about the LAPD investigation of OJ....LOL
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