At 10:40 PM 1/13/2003 -0800, Tim May wrote:
Perhaps its my lack of depth in understanding the Constitution and its Amendments, but it seems to me that the robed ones were applying the Equal Protection Clause in a way that could de-legitimize virtually every election in American history. Their intervention and they way it was decided sets a very bad precedent.On Monday, January 13, 2003, at 09:23 PM, John Kelsey wrote:Everything the Supreme Court did in the 2000 election was fully justified. The Dems lost, then tried to change the rules.At 10:44 AM 1/13/03 -0800, you wrote:Personally, I was shocked, *shocked*, to see the supreme court make a decision on the basis of politics instead of a careful reading of the constitution.If you've got your brother counting the votes, and you can prevent anybody else from counting them, then you don't need to cancel elections.
steve
