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To: CpsOmis who wrote (79358)	11/17/2000 6:21:46 PM
From: kodiak_bull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

Fla. High Court Stops Certification -- This is not entirely unexpected. The Florida Supremes will hear the case on Monday. No certification until they say so. Their review will be, I believe, solely whether or not the Sec'y of State has the discretion under Florida laws to act as she did, or whether the court will intervene and substitute its judgment and discretion for hers. The Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times."-- Fla. High Court Stops Certification By DAVID ESPO AP Political Writer Florida's contested presidential election was placed on hold Friday as the state supreme court forbade Secretary of State Katherine Harris from certifying a winner. George W. Bush's lead inched higher as overseas ballots were counted, while Al Gore looked for gains from manual recounts in heavily Democratic counties. In their unanimous late-afternoon order, the justices said they wanted to "maintain the status quo'' in the state that will settle the race for the presidency. Harris, who had announced plans to certify a winner on Saturday, was told not to act "until further order'' of the state's highest court. A hearing was set for Monday -- a timetable that effectively will permit the manual recounts to grind on in Palm Beach and Broward County, where more than one million ballots are undergoing hand review. Less than an hour after the high court acted, Gore stepped to the microphone set up outside the official vice president's residence to say that neither he, Bush nor Harris "will be the arbiter of this election. "This election is a matter that must be decided by the will of the people as expressed under the rule of law, law which has meaning as determined in Florida, now by the Florida Supreme Court.'' The legal development came as aides to the two presidential hopefuls maneuvered in a postelection campaign unlike any other. Concerned that Harris' certification would give Bush enough electoral votes to claim the presidency, former Secretary of State Warren Christopher warned that Democrats would "take steps to have her action set aside or reversed.'' "I hope that Governor Bush will not attach finality to the result, will not begin the partying, but will give the Florida Supreme Court an opportunity to act in the matter,'' he said. Republicans made plain they are eager to close out Gore's challenge. Former Secretary of State James A. Baker III said Bush and his team look forward to counting overseas ballots "so that the process of achieving a final result to the election in Florida is not subject to further delays.''