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Politics : The Left Wing Porch
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To: opalapril who wrote (697)12/9/2000 5:11:56 PM
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Scalia's concurring opinion leaves no doubt that this Republican-appointed court majority is about to plant a Bush on the White House grounds, the law be damned.

Scalia writes that full hand counts "in my view threaten irreparable harm to petitioner, and to the country, by casting a cloud upon what he claims to be the legitimacy of his election." Since when does the Supreme Court concern itself with 'clouds' and 'claims' of 'legitmacy' by politicians? Suddenly, it is as if Article III of the Constitution were amended to say the Supreme Court "shall also be the p.r. firm for the candidate it likes."

If the Rehnquist-Scalia axis succeeds in preventing a full hand count of all Florida ballots, it will do more to rob Bush of any 'claim' of 'legitmacy' than everything that has gone before. This would mark the end of democracy in America.
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