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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Selectric II who wrote (15438)	6/26/2004 1:36:05 AM
From: shadowman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

The critical/significant/election deciding vote was 5-4 not 7-2 as you indicated. The crucial vote recount decision was 5-4. That was the vote that decided the issue. If you follow the question back to it's inception the question or statement was in effect that Scalia and the conservatives on the Supreme court basically decided the election result by stopping the Gore campaign's request for a selective 3 county hand recount. The point was made that Scalia voted counter to his long standing championing of state's rights. The vote was 5-4. You seem to be indicating that the court vote that decided the election was a 7-2 vote. That is not true. That was anti-climatic and really was not the the significant court decision. Read-Due to the narrow margin of the original vote count, Florida law mandated a statewide recount. In addition, the Gore campaign requested that the votes in 3 counties be recounted by hand, which is within their rights under Florida election law. The Bush campaign then sued in federal court to stop the hand recounts. This case eventually reached the United States Supreme Court, which ruled 5-4 to stop the vote count, effectively declaring Bush the winner. The US supreme court also found that the additional recounts requested by Gore to be unconstitutional, in a 7-2 vote. Ultimately, Gore conceded the election and asked that his supporters also acknowledge Bush as the new president. (your posted URL) brainyencyclopedia.com I do believe that Gore and his people made a mistake asking for the selective three county hand recount. They probably would have had a better chance legally if they had asked for a full statewide recount. Judging by my reading of your obviously well written posts, I don't believe that you have a reading comprehension problem. Maybe the problem is that you just don't understand the legal significance of the two votes and which vote actually decided the election?