Bush v. Gore is still a threat By Paul Lehto Quote from the Star Tribune:
"Coleman's Republican allies in Congress have urged him to take his fight all the way to the >U.S. Supreme Court. He hasn't ruled out that option." (http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/43620032.html?elr=KArksUUUU) Those who welcome Scalia & Co's interference (like certain posters on DailyKos) and believe they would not or could not do it again, as in Bush v. Gore, are misguided. What price, after all, did the court really pay for deciding the 2000 election? They went on to make all kinds of controversial decisions with their "political capital" apparently un-impaired. I don't believe SCOTUS is, or will be, deterred, unless some deterrent of some sort is brought to the fore. (?) The fact that the legal merits are weak to non-existent did not matter at all in Florida 2000, in fact the more one knew about election law in 2000 the less likely they would be to predict the ACTUAL OUTCOME. (I'm a published author on the case of Bush v. Gore, and former election law lawyer.) The schedule, set by the five justices (minus the two who served on the Canvassing Board) who will hear Coleman's appeal: Coleman must file his opening brief on the merits no later than next Thursday; Franken has until May 11 to respond. Coleman then has until May 15 to file his reply brief. The justices will hear oral argument on the appeal on June 1, at 9 a.m. -- Paul R Lehto, J.D. P.O. Box #1 Ishpeming, MI 49849 [email protected] 906-204-2333 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [email protected] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
