Word: ruling
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's Presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear," Stevens wrote. "It is the Nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule...
...Gore votes and sued the ones that found few. They charmed the Florida Supreme Court into delaying certification and conjuring a protest phase, then argued when they lost it that it had meant nothing. De novo. With every defeat, start fresh and never mind the ironies. That's the rule...
...early childhood, when this belief was still relatively intact, I reached the point in mental development where the world becomes not a place of magic and miracles, but a rule governed game, like chess or checkers. This slow transformation of the way that children perceive the world comes from many environmental factors. In my case Scooby Doo, with its scion of rationality in Velma, demonstrated time and time again that no matter how scary the monster, no matter how improbable the events, there was always a "logical explanation," while Shaggy and Scooby's (Zoinks!) belief in the supernatural was always...
Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and O'Connor ruled the recount is impossible within the time restraints of the "safe harbor" statute in Florida election law, which requires electors to be chosen by December 12. The dissenters wrote blistering arguments against the majority opinion, maintaining there is a possibility for a recount before a December 18 deadline. The dissents included this passage by Justice Stevens: "Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year? s Presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the Nation' s confidence in the judge...
...failed to interrogate Pinochet before issuing the order, as required by Chilean law. Judge Juan Guzman had sent Pinochet a questionnaire during the general 503-day detention in Britain, but it had been returned unanswered. Now the matter will be referred to Chile's Supreme Court, which may rule as early as Thursday...