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To: Ilaine who wrote (56613)	11/25/2000 6:08:59 AM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

<<Your observation about Gore and Clinton being afraid of federal prosecutors is one I've contemplated myself.>> The buzz in Illinois is that Bush would appoint republican prosecutors in the Chicago district and cripple the Daley machine.

To: Ilaine who wrote (56613)	11/25/2000 4:46:30 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 71178

Chris, I am outside the Beltway, and have no more access to the centers of power than you do. Yeah, that's what all the true power players say. <g> I agree with your analyses. I'm not as familiar with the appellate courts as you are, having only argued one case before the state SC and none before the federal, but I agree that it's astonishing that they would assume facts clearly not of the judicial notice level. It does show that they decided what they wanted to do first, then looked for some basis for doing it. (Not the first time courts have done this!) And I don't think the constitiution contemplated equitable remedies when it left it to the legislatures to select electors. The saddest thing in all this is that it shows ever more clearly that the courts today are the major exemplars of absolute power corrupting absolutely. They have lost any sense that they are part of a system of checks and balances. Where are the checks and balances on the Fla SC, if not in the US SC, and where are the checks and balances on the US SC? Not in the impeachment process, that's for sure. At least in this Washington we have all our judges (including appellate and SC justices) standing for election every four years, which is the greatest check and balance of all. But I gather that Fla SC justices are appointed, not elected. No check or balance. No accountability. Therefore, absolute power, at least within the state. BTW, I read that two of the Fla SC justices were contributors to the Gore campaign. I this Washington, they would unquestionably have recused themselves. That they didn't in Fla just adds another layer to the doubts surrounding the court.