Word: rogow
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...wouldn't have been this embarrassing if Bush and Gore had insisted on more restraint. "It's a free-for-all," Rogow said, and one day in his office, the incoming calls backed him up. Dershowitz was on Line 1, and former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, a Gore point man, was on Line 2. Both were calling to apply some muscle...
...Alan. Alan. Listen to me, Alan. Listening helps," scolded Rogow. He later said Dershowitz, who represents several Palm Beach County voters who couldn't figure out the ballot, wanted LePore to vote for an immediate recount instead of waiting for the Florida Supreme Court to say it was O.K. Not a chance, said Rogow. He and partner Beverly Pohl had asked the court for some much needed clarification, and they weren't going to tell LePore to do anything before the Supremes weighed...
...Rogow said goodbye to Dershowitz and hello to Christopher. "You want the counting to continue. I know," Rogow said, before giving Christopher the same answer he'd given Dershowitz. Rogow is a loyal Democrat, but he refused to play politics with the law just because team Gore wanted to rush ahead with the recount. His client is LePore, not Gore...
...beach, Rogow told a weary LePore whenever she felt responsible for bringing down the republic. She was a paragon of virtue compared to some of the other players, he says. And on Thursday, when the turkey's on the table, she can give thanks for the little things. At least she's not an attorney...
...Federal District Court, Bush lawyer Theodore Olson argues that the hand-count process is "selective, standardless, subjective, unreliable and inherently biased." Gore lawyer Bruce Rogow responds that the hand count is more accurate and actually increases democracy. Judge Donald Middlebrooks, a Clinton appointee, rejects the Bush argument, finding that election mechanics are a state, not a federal, issue...