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To: TigerPaw who wrote (103045)	12/6/2000 11:29:16 AM
From: Srexley	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

"as long as they base the decision on Florida law and not the constitution." Why do you think they put the state constitution in their ruling? My answer is that they needed to because they could not do it with statutory construction. I would like to hear your answer if you have one.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (103045)	12/6/2000 11:40:04 AM
From: H-Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Not gonna be that easy. In declaring that Fl secretary of States discretion was limited, they used the Florida constitution 2 times. The effect of the ruling, overridding Sec State, Whose power is derived from the constitution was entirely based of Fl Constitution. The net is this, the Supreme Court has the votes to overturn the ruling. This is why the ruling has been vacated. They are being "polite" or "Gentlemanly" if you will, with Florida, allowing them to bow out gracefully if you will. They really dont want to be the ones to decide this, but will if they have to is the other message. To even simplify it further, the US Supreme court has said to Florida : clean up your mess or we will do it for you"