"The truth will cause irreparable harm to Bush. This is what Scalia said. We can't let them know the truth. It will hurt Bush. Great jurist, eh? "
Try some truth yourself... here is what Scalia actually said/wrote-
Scalia- The counting of votes that are of questionable
legality does 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. Count
first, and rule upon legality afterwards, is not a recipe for
producing election results that have the public acceptance
democratic stability requires. Another issue in the case,
moreover, is the propriety, indeed the constitutionality, of
letting the standard for determination of voters’ intent—
dimpled chads, hanging chads, etc.—vary from county to
county, as the Florida Supreme Court opinion, as interpreted
by the Circuit Court, permits. If petitioner is correct
that counting in this fashion is unlawful, permitting
the count to proceed on that erroneous basis will prevent
an accurate recount from being conducted on a proper
basis later, since it is generally agreed that each manual
recount produces a degradation of the ballots, which renders
a subsequent recount inaccurate. |
