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To: scott_jiminez who wrote (2261)	12/9/2000 1:12:48 PM
From: Biomaven	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52153

An op-ed article in NYT today appears to show that the two rulings regarding the absentee ballots impinged upon US law in the EXACT same manner the Supreme Court expressed grave concerns about earlier in the week. Yes I read that. Here's the link: nytimes.com Of course the key question in my mind that differentiates those cases from the main event was that there was really no good remedy available. Throwing out all the absentee ballots is extreme. Throwing out the same number of ballots as were determined to be illegal, assuming voters in the "illegal" ballots voted in the same proportion as all absentee ballots, would be a lesser remedy I've not seen suggested that would still favor Gore. My guess is that the judges' rulings on these two cases will be left undisturbed. Peter

To: scott_jiminez who wrote (2261)	12/9/2000 3:06:37 PM
From: scott_jiminez	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52153

WRONG!! NPR was reporting the denial of the stay at noon (eastern) today. Stay granted...by a 5-4 court. Strictly political. Bush had to prove irreparable harm! Isn't Gore racing against a clock and a process and wouldn't HE suffer such harm if the counting stopped? And Bush would suffer irreparable harm if the counting were completed? Huh? Regardless of the merits of the case, the fact we now have a divided country at EVERY level is very bad. Or, it's VERY good. Hopefully we've all learned not to judge the implications of anything in this entire process. But 5 to 4 does not bode well for legitimacy.