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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (35269)	11/19/2000 8:19:12 PM
From: RWS	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

I agree with you that Democrats are trying to steal election from Bush. But, our system of justice/injustice is based on human judgement. So I don't see a basis there for US Supreme Court involvement. Poor judgement is not a Federal offense. " this not fair to Mr. Bush.. " All's fair in love and war. RWS

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (35269)	11/20/2000 6:19:30 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

<<There is almost no likelihood of US Supreme Court involvement as no Federal law applies. >> The latest... <<U.S. Supreme Court Could Get Bush-Gore Case By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After the Florida Supreme Court (news - web sites) rules, legal maneuvering could continue in the long-running presidential race, with at least one possible scenario taking the case to the U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites). Florida's highest court began considering arguments on Monday on whether manually recounted votes should be included in the final tally for Florida, but this decision would not necessarily answer the question of whether Republican George W. Bush (news - web sites) or Democrat Al Gore (news - web sites) won the Nov. 7 presidential election. ``There may well be further legal challenges -- what they would be, one can only speculate,'' Charles Jones, an expert on the presidency at the Brookings Institution, said in a telephone interview. ``You're entering an area we don't have any very clear precedents.'' One possibility is that if the Florida high court rules the hand recounting of votes should continue and should be included in the final Florida tally, the Bush camp could appeal the decision to the federal appeals court in Atlanta, Jones said. If the Atlanta appellate court ruling favored Bush, the Gore camp could appeal the matter to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, according to Jones. There could be an even more direct path to the highest U.S. court, according to William G. Ross, a professor at Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. ``The question is whether federal courts have jurisdiction; election procedures are traditionally a matter of state law, and federal courts are reluctant to intervene,'' Ross said in a telephone interview. ``However, it appears that in this case, this raises a significant federal issue -- it's not just a federal election, but the ultimate federal election, for the presidency,'' Ross said. ``It certainly seems as though federal government would have a significant interest in the outcome of a federal presidential election.'' To get to the high court without going through the federal appeals court in Atlanta, either Gore or Bush would have to allege violations by Florida authorities, Ross said. >>