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To: deibutfeif who wrote (122212)	12/12/2000 7:35:25 AM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 186894

dbf, re: "This situation is 1-in-a-million (well, I'm sure someone will argue that). Just happens that we get 50-50 split on the electoral vote. Just happens that the swing state is exactly 50-50. I guess I'm just not worried about a repetition, especially since I bet a lot of things will be cleaned up before 2004." In the future, the partisan party operatives will calculate which states it would take to reverse an election, and if there is any evidence to challenge the votes. They will be emboldened if they have a Supreme Court whose political balance is in their parties favor. The US Supreme Court, always considered to be above politics, is now the final arbiter of Presidental elections. I don't think this was what the US constitution intended, for politically appointed Justices to have the final word. There were some real good reasons to keep those decisions in the states, not concentrated in a few appointed Justices. In fact, the states probably wouldn't have ratified the constitution without the guarantee that they could determine their own candidate. The rules that have served us well have changed. The US Supreme's have diluted (at best) the power of the peoples vote. John

To: deibutfeif who wrote (122212)	12/12/2000 10:15:37 AM
From: f.simons	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

This situation is 1-in-a-million (well, I'm sure someone will argue that). Just happens that we get 50-50 split on the electoral vote. Just happens that the swing state is exactly 50-50. I guess I'm just not worried about a repetition,especially since I bet a lot of things will be cleaned up before 2004. dbf- There is an old saying that "hard cases make bad law." This is a very hard case, for reasons you outline. I would hate to see too much tinkering with a system that has "served us well." I think it much more likely that no one will remember any of this 4 months from now, which is probably the best possible final outcome. Much better than trying to solve every possible contingency in advance. Frank