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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mephisto who wrote (9475)	1/22/2001 12:29:08 PM
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Election still splits court Friction over justices' ruling on ballot count in Florida continues to cause hard feelings, draw angry letters, even spark talk of at least one imminent retirement at high court By Joan Biskupic USA TODAY Excerpts from article in USA TODAY January 22, 2001 WASHINGTON -- Six weeks after an uneasy U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Republican George W. Bush to become president, the scars left on the nation's highest court by the Florida election case are evident. The court's nine justices, uncomfortable with their role in such a high-stakes political contest, have remained tense with one another since the 5-4 ruling that shattered many Americans' image of the court as an institution above the partisan politicking that goes on across the street in Congress. ********************************************************************* Meanwhile, the court has been bombarded with thousands of letters from angry Americans, some of whom have sent in their voter registration cards suggesting that going to the polls in November was a waste of time. ''For shame!'' one letter said. Many messages to the justices have been sarcastic, ohers more menacing -- including one with an illustration of a skull and crossbones. More significantly, there are signs that the fallout from Bush vs. Gore has become a factor in at least one justice's yearnings for retirement. Sandra Day O'Connor has told people close to her that in her two decades on the court, she has never seen such anger over a case. O'Connor, more than any justice, has seemed disturbed by the public wrath directed at the court. In the Florida case, she sided with the court's conservatives in supporting Bush's argument and blocking Democrat Al Gore's push for further ballot recounts. People close to the justices say the decision was particularly uncomfortable for O'Connor because she, along with Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 76, stood as potential beneficiaries of a Bush election victory. Both have considered retirement, and it's accepted among court analysts that the two justices, both Republicans, would prefer that a GOP president name their successors. usatoday.com © Copyright 2001 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc.