there was an issue about the "safe harbor" provision which they
decided was more important and which incidentally favored the
candidate many of them had a personal stake in seeing elected.
On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:56:54 -0400, Nick McClure
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The US Supreme Court said that the Florida courts overstepped their bounds
> and did not have the authority to make that ruling based on the
> Constitution.
>
> In fact the US Supreme Court merely sent the case back to the Florida court
> to review, it found that their reason for allowing the recounts was not
> Constitutional and that they must issue a ruling that satisfied the
> constitution.
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 3:25 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC
>
>
>
> Negative. Florida law, already established in a previous decision, was
> that the intent of the voter should be the overriding factor. The
> Supreme Court decision said forget that, obviously Bush won and we
> don't have to count these votes :)________________________________
>
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