Word: casting
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...reaching the same conclusion around the time he takes office. The man who promised to be "a uniter, not a divider"--who warned Republicans that the Party of Lincoln hasn't always heeded the message of Lincoln--ended up fighting in the courts to prevent the recount of ballots cast largely by Americans who are black, poor, and/or elderly. The man who promised to be a different kind of Republican may owe his office to an old-fashioned Republican network--the allies of his brother, the Florida Governor, and the Republican appointees on the nation's highest court...
Judges like to say they are searching for "neutral principles" to decide cases. But the overall effect of the ideological inconsistencies on both sides was to cast doubt that the court was blindly administering justice. Says University of Virginia constitutional law professor A.E. Dick Howard: "It certainly invites you to read this as a results-driven opinion...
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...here's the story of a thinks-he's-hip fellow amusingly vexed at losing his identity. It could be called Dude, Where's My Karma? The cast, especially Spade (we keep wanting to call him David Snide) and Warburton, give bounce and sass to a script full of clever ideas. You won't find the emotional grandeur of The Lion King here, but that's O.K. Emperor doesn't aim too high or strain too hard; it is at ease inhabiting its pretty, miniature realm...
...instead of reading election results, is now in the business of making them. The court warned that its ruling was custom fit: "Our consideration is limited to the present circumstances...equal protection...generally presents many complexities." You bet it does: like flawed machines that disproportionately failed to record legally cast votes in inner-city precincts. Or the purging of voter rolls by a firm hired by Bush's brother that disproportionately disenfranchised blacks...