To: William H Huebl who wrote (50005 ) 1/17/2001 3:09:26 PM From: Mephisto Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 94695 The Supreme Court did a flip-flop when they ruled for Bush given the way they have ruled in past years on the issues mentioned below. Because of their past rulings, I believe the Supreme Court should have stayed out of the 2000 election. They named Bushy Jr. as President. Of course, maybe those who voted for Busy Jr. felt that they should do so since Bush Sr. nominated a few if not all of them tothe Court--Mephisto *********************************************************************************************************** "In recent years, the Supreme Court has carried out what some observers call a states' rights revolution, tilting the federal-state balance toward the states in a series of 5-4 votes, with Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist leading the majority. Invoking states' rights, the justices struck down a law that made it a federal crime to possess a gun near a school, ruled that rape victims cannot sue their attackers in federal court and shielded state governments from federal age-bias lawsuits filed by their employees. However, the justices went against that trend in the presidential election case last month when they canceled the hand-recount of votes ordered by the Florida Supreme Court. The justices' 5-4 ruling, which in effect gave the presidency to Bush, was determined by the same five justices who ordinarily support states' rights". ****************************************************************************************************** "In Florida, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Thursday opened its two-day hearing investigating voting irregularities. The NAACP and other civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday in federal court on behalf of black Florida residents who say they were denied the right to vote in the Nov. 7 election. ``Many black voters in this state are saying we can't trust Florida to protect our rights to vote,'' she said, noting Bush supports states' rights. ``The irony of that, of course, is that Bush so quickly ran to the Supreme Court to say Florida couldn't manage its election.''nytimes.com