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

To: chomolungma who wrote (5786)	12/11/2000 3:15:36 PM
From: Dave	Respond to of 6710

<<Any predictions?>> I predict tomorrow will be Tuesday! <g> Oh you mean the USSC...who knows - I feel like I'm in Las Vegas. :o)

To: chomolungma who wrote (5786)	12/11/2000 3:26:18 PM
From: tekmon	Respond to of 6710

The US Supreme Court will rule that the Florida Supreme Court changed the election rules after the election therefore annulling their actions, the certification of Bush will stand and the legislature for the State of Florida will have electors picked by today or tomorrow, therefore, Bush has won, the electors will meet on the 18th and confirm this. The President of the Senate, Vice President Gore, will read off the votes by the electoral college on Jan. 6 and the electoral college procedure will be complete. Bush will be President.

To: chomolungma who wrote (5786)	12/11/2000 3:54:05 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

From Wash Post: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A Florida House committee votes 5-2 to approve a resolution to name presidential electors for George W. Bush. And to hell with what the USSC says, WHATEVER it is!

To: chomolungma who wrote (5786)	12/11/2000 7:27:34 PM
From: moosebeary	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

The five justices will not allow this insane Gore Garbage to tear up the country any longer. Gore has about as much chance of winning this one as Greg has of figuring out the meaning of the the word "appointed".

To: chomolungma who wrote (5786)	12/11/2000 11:55:19 PM
From: Valley Girl	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6710

OK, this is kinda fun. Prediction: The US SC won't want to simply hand the presidency to Bush. In a 6/3 or better decision, the US SC will remand the matter back to Florida, with some additional direction. Specifically, they will make reference to equal protection arguments to infer that only a complete recount can be considered valid, and that a statewide standard needs to be used (at least, one per type of equipment in use). With reference to the legislature's power to establish the process for electing the president, they will remind Florida that the rules for the recount need to be those that were in effect prior to this election. In a stretch, and in the absence of anything more specific to be found in the statutes, they will refer to case law from both Florida and other states, including (perhaps) Judge Labarga's ruling in the recent Palm Beach case, and the FL SC's own citation of the Illinois case, to suggest what standard should be used. Net net, the mess lands back in Judge Lewis' lap, with a strong hint that he should adopt something close to the PB standard, and with the requirement that Broward and all of Miami-Dade be included in the recount. OK, so it's not as much fun as having Scalia & friends drive a wooden stake through Gore's heart...