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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: lawdog who wrote (109485)12/10/2000 1:55:14 PM
From: Ellen  Read Replies (3) of 769667
 
The Brethren are supposed to be above politics, even though they are appointed on a partisan basis. But in their Saturday deliberations, the justices split along predictable ideological lines, with the five most conservative justices holding the line for Mr. Bush and the liberal wing going solidly for Mr. Gore. Will the public continue to view a court riven by such partisanship as above the fray, as the final arbiter of fairness? Or will the justices just seem to be looking for a partisan version of the truth, like almost everyone else in this mess?

The Big Supremes will hear arguments on Monday morning. But their stay snuffed out the stab at fairness by the Florida Supreme Court, which said: Let's count all the disputed ballots by hand in every county.

This is what really scares me. If the ultimate court cannot rise above partisanship to rule dispassionately and lawfully, we are all in very big trouble.
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