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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: U Up U Down who wrote (102058)	12/5/2000 11:29:42 AM
From: U Up U Down	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

In the morning, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court sent a trenchant and unmistakable message to the Florida Supreme Court. Television's talking heads immediately characterized the federal court's order as a request for a clarification from the state court: Help us understand whether you grounded your decision to rewrite the election rules in Florida law (which is good) or in Florida's Constitution (which is bad). But there is more to the U.S. court's seven-page order. The judges asked the question because they already suspected the answer. In the paraphrasing of University of Chicago law professor Dennis J. Hutchinson, editor of The Supreme Court Review, the U.S. Supremes really said: "At least five of our justices are not going to put up with what you did in your Florida court. To avoid a bloody dissent from a minority of justices here in our court, we'll vacate your decision instead of reversing it. But don't think you can play fast and loose with a presidential election." chicago.tribune.com