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Politics : Why is Gore Trying to Steal the Presidency? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (3746)	12/11/2000 5:32:58 PM
From: arno	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3887

Well, Jesse Jackson is at it again........ Tuesday, December 12 4:05 AM SGT Predictions of unrest, victory abound after court hearing WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (AFP) - The United States will face a "civil rights explosion" if the US Supreme Court refuses to allow a recount of disputed ballots in Florida as part of a solution to the US presidential election impasse, a prominent civil rights leader warned Monday. "Even if this court rules against counting our vote, it will simply create a civil rights explosion," said the Reverend Jesse Jackson as he emerged from the historic hearing, in which nine justices heard oral arguments from lawyers for Republican George W. Bush and his Democratic rival, Al Gore. "People will not surrender to this tyranny," he stressed, pointing out that civil rights and labor organizations had agreed to launch a protest campaign at 5:00 pm (2200 GMT) Monday with demonstrations and prayer vigils in front of federal buildings here and in other cities. "This people will not stand by and accept this with surrender," Jackson warned. "We can afford to lose an election -- you win some, you lose some. You can't afford to lose your franchise." "People will be fighting for their right to vote and for their vote to count," the civil rights leader said, adding that the protest would only be expanding. "The same forces that were against the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ... seek to disenfranchise us in 2000 and do not want to renew the Voting Rights Act in the year 2007," he added without specifically naming Republicans. Should the Supreme Court rule against hand recounts, Gore's bid for the presidency is likely to effectively be over. Both Bush and Gore need a victory in Florida to win the 2000 election. After the official certification of election results in the state last month, Bush holds a lead of 537 votes. Jackson's comments matched the somber mood of other prominent Democrats who were invited to the hearing and later shared their impressions about it with reporters. Senator Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, made clear that he was not particularly encouraged by what he heard in the courtroom, although he refused to issue a prediction. "If the Supreme Court continues to wade into this thicket and they make substantive rulings on behalf of the petitioner, which is George Bush in this case, this court could go down in history -- will go down in history -- as the most interventionist court ever," the senator said. asia.dailynews.yahoo.com

To: The Philosopher who wrote (3746)	12/12/2000 4:23:11 AM
From: lml	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3887

I hear you Chris on your technicality. But get a court to listen. If your argument highlights one thing is that the Florida statutes enacted by the State legislature do not necessarily squarely apply to the instant case -- the presidential election whereby voters are in effect voting for electoral college representatives and not the president per se. Nevertheless, IMHO, practically every court, well maybe not the Florida SCt., would construe the contest provisions to apply to Al Gore and not the electoral representatives, thereby depriving him of such rights as the legislature intended to grant to all candidates vying for office in Florida controlled elections. Yes, your argument would get you before a judge, but I seriously doubt that your argument would prevail under the light of level-headed jurisprudence, which surprising, is becoming a scarce commodity these days.