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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (3880)	11/29/2000 11:23:58 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

>>Well, actually, you can't win without 271 no matter how many states are thrown out.<< I believe this to be the law. But I have read many who do not believe this to be the law. As a litigator, I know that, like dimpled chads, law is in the eye of the beholder. You can never rely on the assumption that a human being will read the law the way it was written. As jttmab put it, >>Human beings have an unlimited capacity to rationalize anything they want to do.<< This applies to judges, it applies to legislators. That's why prudent lawyering is called "belt and suspenders."

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (3880)	11/29/2000 11:56:36 AM
From: TraderGreg	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6710

First of all the magic original number is 270...second of all, learned scholars on both sides of the aisle are trying to figure out what exactly "majority of appointed electors means" Thirdly, if by some bizarre scenario, FL electors aren't picked by 12/18, the sky won't fall. I believe additional litigation will occur to either a. prevent using a majority of 513 to pick the winner(Repubs don't want that), b. prevent the House from picking the winner state-by-state(Dems don't want that),c. accepting FL electors appointed by the FL legislature(Dems don't want that), d. wait for FL litigation to get resolved (Repubs don't want that) The US SC will probably get another entree on its plate before this is all over. Lastly, stop with the 'Nam war references...that is old, old, old news and is totally irrelevant to this situation. TG