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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Let's start with the electoral college and then get to the Florida mess. Why did the founders set up this system? A: They were divided. Some wanted Congress to pick the president. Others wanted the citizens to choose directly. The electoral college was the compromise...
...happens if the state's electors are still under legal challenge by Dec. 18, the date they have to vote? Could federal or state courts enjoin the electors from voting on Dec. 18? A: It's possible but unlikely. First, courts are generally loath to get into electoral issues, let alone one this hot. Also, since the Constitution mandates that the electors all vote on the same day, if Florida's electors don't vote with the rest of the country on Dec. 18, the state would forfeit its electoral votes...
...could reconvene and appoint electors itself. Amazingly, the U.S. Constitution does not require that electors be popularly chosen - only that the states come up with some method for appointing them. Under federal law, the Florida legislature has until Dec. 12 to pick new electors. It could even vote to let the governor pick the electors - but don't count on it. Florida has a GOP-controlled legislature, but it would be toast if it usurped popular control of an election...
...let's assume a total nightmare. The electoral college doesn't pick a president, the House and Senate don't pick a president - all by Jan. 20. What happens? A: Clinton has to leave office and, under the Presidential Succession Act, Strom Thurmond, the president pro tempore of the Senate, becomes President...
...take the hard road. Be the bigger man. Get out of the way of the Bush steamroller and let Americans see that you are, in fact, a guy who's capable of behaving like a president. We'll remember that in four years, I can promise you that...