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Politics
Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
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9842I take it you do not agree that the Equal Protection Clause arguments were bogusNadine Carroll-8/2/2001
9841I completely disagree. And I think the Court's decisive action averted a mujlallen-8/2/2001
9840There were four major decisions in Bush v. Gore: 1. the decision to hear the caNadine Carroll-8/2/2001
9839I've read the decision and having had some experience with the law I can notjlallen-8/2/2001
9838<i>They did the right thing. Federal law was the basis for the decision. JNadine Carroll-8/1/2001
9837They did the right thing. Federal law was the basis for the decision. JLAjlallen-8/1/2001
9836Adhering to <i>their own</i> principles instead of traducing them woNadine Carroll-8/1/2001
9835It turns out they were exactly correct. But in any event, the method of "rjlallen-8/1/2001
9834That's exactly what the USSC did <i>not</i> know when they stoppNadine Carroll-8/1/2001
9833More voters DID NOT vote for Gore in FL. That's the point. JLAjlallen-8/1/2001
9832Are you telling me that Gore was the "wrong man" even if more Florida Nadine Carroll-8/1/2001
9831The wrong man would have been given the office... JLAjlallen-8/1/2001
9830How?Nadine Carroll-8/1/2001
9829All of us as citizens of the US would have been harmed by the way the FLSC wantejlallen-8/1/2001
9828I read the decision. The Florida court was ruling on state election law. Sure,Nadine Carroll-8/1/2001
9827Wrong. The decision was based upon federal law which remains supreme under the jlallen-8/1/2001
9826The two liberal SC justices who found that the recount was "unfair" weNadine Carroll-8/1/2001
9825Ah, yes! Her! Idiot in the first degree!Lazarus_Long-7/31/2001
9824Wanna see a REAL idiot. Message 16151314jlallen-7/31/2001
9823There is an idiot in this, JLA. And it isn't Bush. And it isn't you orLazarus_Long-7/31/2001
9822As opposed to any other form of government "porkfest"? But you make aHawkmoon-7/31/2001
9821This is a very unique case. The decision was The Court found 7-2 that the recounjlallen-7/31/2001
9820When decisions are sound, my friend, courts usually don't feel the need to aNadine Carroll-7/30/2001
9819<i>How do I "get over" having an openly partisan Supreme Court?&jlallen-7/30/2001
9818<i>The legitimacy of the election was confirmed by a USSC decision</i&gNadine Carroll-7/30/2001
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