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Some judicial observers are trying to predict how the Court will rule based on their questions during oral arguments Friday...
...being unreasonable here? Who is being stubborn and irresponsible? Who is putting victory at all costs ahead of the will of the people and the good of the country? Whose selfish ambition is trampling the rule of law? Who is causing bitterness and alienation that will linger long after the last chad of Election 2000 is swept away? Is it Al Gore? Or George W. Bush? This is a dispute that the Bush side is winning on a simple but effective strategy of decibels and repetition. But consider what is not in dispute...
...just taken a state-election dispute to the U.S. Supreme Court. Bush, more than Gore, has been trying to overturn laws as written with fanciful constitutional arguments. Both sides are pursuing all their legal options with a vengeance. But apparently when Bush does it, he's vindicating the rule of law. When Gore does it, he's trying to change the rules...
...legal feud over the presidency. On Saturday he listened to nine hours of argument and testimony. Bush lawyers cross-examined Gore's only two witnesses for what seemed an eternity. The slow-moving Republicans then presented two of their 20 witnesses before Sauls recessed for the day. He will rule whether Gore would have won Florida's coveted electoral votes if 14,000 undervoted ballots had been properly counted by hand. But the thought of being the one who actually does the counting caused the judge to sigh during a hearing last week. "Do you have a magnifying glass...
...Supremes rule for Bush, 5-4. A tight majority on the conservative Court that made such a handy bogeyman for Gore during the campaign sure wouldn't stop him now. The veep's response to a loss would be much like Bush's would be, except that Gore would likely do it personally: Downplay, downplay, downplay...