Word: handing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Republicans insist the resolution, which does not require Jeb Bush's signature in case he wants to recuse himself, is merely "an insurance policy," having been told by hand-picked constitutional experts that with litigation still simmering in the courts, Florida could go elector-free if they didn't step...
...issue is the Florida Supreme Court's Friday ruling ordering hand recounts of undervotes statewide. Saturday, SCOTUS stayed that recount by a vote of 5-4, and collected briefs from both sides on Sunday afternoon in preparation for Monday's hearing...
...Scalia also said the Court "should not be a prominent institution in a democracy." And if there's one thing five conservatives will be willing to do alone, it's hand it all over to the politicians, in Florida and in Washington (though most of Congress, especially Democrats from Bush states and Republicans from Gore states, cringe at the thought). It's federalist. It's non-interventionist. And it would give the Supreme Court - and possibly judiciaries everywhere - a very low profile indeed...
...count, the Court gives David Boies exactly the hand count he never wanted. (If there are any holdouts, it'll be a Ginsburg or a Breyer, unable to bring themselves to say an unkind word about the Florida Supremes.) Rehnquist, with Scalia playing bad cop, will herd the Justices to their left into remanding the case back to the Florida court - with very specific instructions. Counting all the undervotes, Broward and Volusia and the Miami-Dade 20 percent. And Palm Beach too, just to be thorough...
...course, if they have to, and if Kennedy and O'Connor don't get peeled, the Staying Five could still just ring the bell for the Republicans, on the logic that a half-baked hand count wasn't going to make the scoring any more accurate. We'll get over it - by most accounts, this non-election fight between two non-presidents still has the American people cheering at the TV as bemusedly as they would for any Don King-sponsored heavyweight bout. But as December shortens, the people are scanning the arena for a credible referee before the brawl...