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From: "RadTimes."
WANTED! FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE & OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND
MISDEMEANORS:
-- THE "SUPREME COURT FIVE" --
An All Points Bulletin has been issued for the following
individuals, in connection with their most recent act of
treachery.
William "Vote Suppressor" Rehnquist - Ringleader of the gang,
notorious for his early career in voter intimidation of blacks
and Latinos in Arizona. Sometimes referred to as Mr. Chief
Injustice.
Antonin "the Enforcer" Scalia - Extreme Right-hand man to
Rehnquist, considered to be the most ruthless member of the gang.
Known as a "hothead", often needs to be restrained by other
members.
Clarence "the Sidekick" Thomas (also known as "the Shadow") He is
generally observed in close proximity to Scalia, and rarely acts
on his own initiative. Said to rival Scalia in ruthlessness.
Anthony "the Choirboy" Kennedy - Often overlooked due to the
notoriety of the three "hardcore" members of the gang, but has
proven a willing accomplice in most of their crimes.
Sandra "Day is Night" O'Connor - Only female member of the gang,
she usually seems to waver, and often appears confused in public
-- thereby provides cover for activities of the other gang
members.
Acting in collusion with a nationwide Crime Family (known by its
initials, G.O.P.) -- of which they are leading members -- they
were assigned to carry out in full view of the public the final
stages of the Rigging of a Presidential Election, by preventing a
full and complete counting of votes in the State of Florida. This
act must be seen as an Obstruction of Justice of the gravest
severity. The gang has a long record of Felonious Assaults on the
United States Constitution.
The five suspects were last observed leaving the Supreme Court
building in Washington, DC under cover of darkness. All were
wearing long black, robe-like garments, possibly with attached
hoods. It is not known what weapons may be concealed inside their
robes -- however, they should be considered *extremely
dangerous*.
This gang must be apprehended and brought to justice without
delay. It is already known with a high degree of certainty that
they intend to recruit additional members to their operation in
the near future. It is *imperative* that NO new gang members be
permitted to join the "Supreme Court Five" (to be "seated", in
gang terminology) at any time during the next four years.
This bulletin will be updated as further information becomes
available.
[copyright (c) 2000 by Craig Gingold - may be circulated in its
entirety without permission, provided it is not altered and
attribution is included]
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Supreme Court vs. Democracy?
Wednesday, December 13, 2000
Institute for Public Accuracy
915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045
(202) 347-0020
<http://www.accuracy.org>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
DAVID COLE, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, Cole said
today: "The U.S. Supreme Court has done what we all feared -- it
has decided the election itself, and has done so by a single
vote. While the per curiam attempts to mask this fact, only five
Justices -- the five who likely voted for George W. Bush on
November 7 -- voted to bar any further recounts. That they did so
on grounds that there was insufficient time -- after their own
intervention had delayed matters -- raises serious questions
about the Court's legitimacy. In addition, it is ironic that the
five conservative Justices, who typically take the most
restrictive view toward individual rights, stopped the vote in
the name of the equal protection clause."
RON DANIELS, [EMAIL PROTECTED], <http://www.tbwt.com>
Executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and
co-chair of the National Malcolm X Commemoration Commission,
Daniels wrote: "Though election irregularities in Florida and
across the nation were widespread, the most egregious violation
was the thousands of Blacks who did manage to cast ballots only
to have them thrown out by voting machines. This problem was
aggravated by the disproportionate locating of antiquated voting
machines in predominantly Black precincts in Florida. These are
the ballots that constitute the 'undercount' which would have
been rectified by the manual recount halted by the U.S. Supreme
Court."
GWENDOLYN MINK, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Professor of politics at the University of California at Santa
Cruz, Mink said today: "The Supreme Court not only stole the 2000
election from the people, it deranged our constitutional order.
Yesterday's decision was not just about who will be our
president; it also was about the relationship of the Court to
democracy. In one fell swoop, the majority jettisoned 40 years of
jurisprudence promoting electoral equality. It set time limits on
democracy, and then let the clock run out. It cried 'equal
protection,' and then discarded votes that endanger its desired
electoral outcome. It pleaded 'state's rights,' and then
knee-capped the Florida State Supreme Court in interpreting state
law. It claimed 'due process,' and then gave the Florida
legislature carte blanche to trample the people's rights in
elections. This is a throwback to the Lochner Era, when the Court
contorted the Constitution to suit its economic and political
sympathies."
GREGORY PALAST, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
<www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/04/voter_file/index.html>
Palast writes the column "Inside Corporate America" for the
Observer of London and is the author of a forthcoming book,
"Democratic Regulation." He said today: "A close examination
suggests thousands of voters in Florida may have lost their right
to vote based on a flaw-ridden list of purported 'felons'
provided by a private firm, ChoicePoint, with tight Republican
ties."
For more information, contact at the Institute for Public
Accuracy: Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; David Zupan, (541)
484-9167
W's Coup d'Etat
<http://www.consortiumnews.com/121300a.html>
December 13, 2000
By Robert Parry
Let it be remembered that Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the loser
across the United States by a third of a million votes, "won" the
presidency through two key acts of raw power.
Bush's campaign sponsored a violent demonstration by Republican
activists as ballots were about to be counted on Nov. 22. He then
enlisted partisan Republicans on the U.S. Supreme Court to
prevent a statewide recount in Florida before a Dec. 12 deadline.
On Nov. 22, about 150 rioters led by Republican congressional
staffers dispatched from Washington charged the offices of the
Miami-Dade County canvassing board as it was about to commence a
partial recount of votes. With the mob roughing up Democrats and
pounding on the walls, the canvassing board abruptly reversed
itself and decided not to count those votes after all.
Rather than criticize this bizarre attack on what was then a
court-ordered process, Bush reveled in its success.
His campaign sponsored a celebration for the demonstrators the
next night at a swanky hotel in Fort Lauderdale. The
"president-elect" even called to joke with the rioters about
their Miami operation, according to the Wall Street Journal [Nov.
27, 2000]. At the party, singer Wayne Newton crooned Danke
Schoen.
Then, after two more weeks of delays, the Florida Supreme Court
ordered a partial statewide recount to examine ballots that had
been kicked out by machines for supposedly having no choice for
president.
On Saturday, Dec. 9, facing a deadline of Dec. 12 for
certification of Florida's electors, vote counters across the
state began examining these so-called "under-votes."
In the first few hours, the counters found scores of ballots with
clear votes for president that had been missed by the machines.
Other ballots were set aside for a judicial determination about
whether a vote was registered or not.
With Bush's lead at less than 200 votes and slipping, the Texas
governor played his trump card. He turned to his five
arch-conservative allies on the U.S. Supreme Court.
By a 5-4 majority, the court for the first time in U.S. history
stopped the counting of votes cast by American citizens for
president. The majority consisted of Justices William Rehnquist,
Anthony Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, Clarence Thomas and Antonin
Scalia.
In a written explanation, Scalia made clear that the purpose of
the extraordinary injunction against counting votes was to
prevent Bush from losing his lead and having "a cloud" cast over
the "legitimacy" of his presidency if the court decided to throw
out the new votes.
Three days later, on Tuesday night only two hours before the Dec.
12 deadline was to expire, the same five justices issued a
complex ruling that reversed the Florida Supreme Court's recount
order. The U.S. Supreme Court cited a hodgepodge of
"constitutional" issues, including complaints about the lack of
consistent standards in the Florida recount.
After having delayed any remedy up to the deadline, Bush's five
allies then demanded that any revised plan and recount be
completed within two hours, a patently impossible task.
Twisting 'Equal Protection'
The five conservatives may have taken pleasure, too, in applying
"equal protection" arguments to prevent the recount.
Historically, Supreme Court liberals have used "equal protection"
principles to strike down discrimination against
African-Americans and other persecuted minorities. Now, the five
conservative justices were hoisting the liberals on their own
petard. The "equal protection" argument asserted that the votes
of other Florida citizens would be diluted if the ballots that
had been kicked out by voting machines were counted using
standards that varied from county to county.
The irony of the argument, however, couldn't be missed. In
wealthier voting precincts, new optical scanners were used to
count votes and did the counting so efficiently that few of the
votes cast for president were missed. In poorer precincts, where
African-Americans and retired Jewish voters were concentrated,
older punch-card systems were used which failed to record
thousands of votes for president. Just as poor neighborhoods
ended up with older textbooks in their schools, they got stuck
with antiquated voting machines.
To correct this imbalance and to count those votes, the Florida
Supreme Court had ordered hand examination of those ballots
statewide. In a few hours on Saturday, that recount discovered
scores of missed votes. But the U.S. Supreme Court long the
protector of the downtrodden in American society was revealing
itself in its new right-wing form. In stopping the recount, the
court's pro-Bush majority granted greater weight to the votes
cast in wealthier precincts.
The traditional use of the "equal protection" principle of the
U.S. Constitution had been turned on its head. The Constitution
was now being cited to protect the privileged to the detriment of
the poor. Besides this ironic interpretation of "equal
protection," the U.S. Supreme Court relied on "reasoning" that if
applied fairly would have judged the entire Florida election
unconstitutional.
While excluding the hand recounts ordered by the Florida Supreme
Court, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the inclusion of earlier
hand recounting done in Republican areas that had boosted Bush's
total by hundreds of votes. Also left in were scores of overseas
absentee ballots, heavily favoring Bush, that were counted after
some Republican counties waived legal requirements almost
entirely.
Supposedly to avoid disenfranchising U.S. military personnel,
ballots were accepted even though they lacked signatures,
witnesses and dates. In a couple of cases, overseas ballots were
faxed in and counted, clearly in violation of state law.
In two better known cases in Seminole and Martin counties,
Republicans were allowed to fix errors on absentee ballot
applications also in violation of state law. The state courts
ruled, however, that these ballots should be counted, despite the
irregularities, because the sanctity of the vote was more
important than technical voting rules.
Those situations all favored Gov. Bush.
Judicial Politics
Given the lack of consistent standards throughout Florida and the
waiving of technical legal requirements in other cases, a logical
extension of the U.S. Supreme Court's logic would be that the
entire presidential election in the Florida should be thrown out
as unconstitutional.
Or if logic were again followed honestly rather than politically
the imperfect remedy of examining and possibly counting thousands
of "under-votes" should have been allowed to go forward.
But at those two crucial moments when American democracy hung in
the balance, Gov. Bush and his advisers turned first to violent
demonstrators to attack the offices of vote counters and then to
political allies on the U.S. Supreme Court to complete the coup
d'etat.
In the memorable words of Justice Scalia, the leading Bush
partisan, the majority's concern was that a count of Florida's
vote that showed Bush to be the loser when the court might later
make him the winner would not square with the need for
"democratic stability."
In a dissenting opinion on Dec. 12, Justice John Paul Stevens, an
appointee of President Gerald Ford, said the majority's action in
blocking the Florida recount "can only lend credence to the most
cynical appraisal of the work of judges throughout the land."
Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, appointees of
President Bill Clinton, said in another dissent, "Although we may
never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of
this year's presidential election, the identity of the loser is
perfectly clear. It is the nation's confidence in the judge as an
impartial guardian of the rule of law." Yet, beyond those stern
words about the U.S. Supreme Court's mockery of democracy, worse
could lie ahead.
The nation now must be aware that the U.S. Supreme Court long
trusted as the protector of the nation's democratic principles
has been transformed into a vehicle for upholding whatever
partisan legal strategies George W. Bush and his incoming
Justice Department choose to direct against those who stand in
the way.
The "rule of law" could fast become a code word for tyranny. With
its Dec. 12 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has marked itself as
the ultimate weapon for its favored politicians to wield against
their enemies. That is the final cautionary tale of Election
2000, as the nation enters a dangerous new era.
In the end, history must record that the U.S. Supreme Court made
George W. Bush the "winner" of the presidency, though he was the
loser of the popular vote, both nationally and apparently in the
crucial state of Florida.
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