Word: tribes
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...view about the logically unrelated subject of who should be President. If fate had put Gore and Bush in the other's place on election night, the drama of the next five weeks would have had everybody playing the opposite role. Katherine Harris would have been flexibility personified. Laurence Tribe and David Boies would have been eloquent sticklers for the precise rule of law. Do you doubt...
...think that the gracious thing is to accept even if one disagrees with the decision of the Supreme Court," Laurence Tribe '62, Tyler professor of Constitutional law and Gore lawyer told NBC News...
Later, on CNN, Tribe said he had not told Gore to concede, but instead advised that a "night of reflection" was needed to understand the complicated decision...
...Although Tribe was replaced by Boies to argue before the court yesterday, Gore Deputy Press Secretary Julia M. Payne said the change was made because Boies knows Florida law best, disparaging "horrible Washington rumors" that the Gore team was disappointed with Tribe's performance before the court...
...Since David has been involved in the Florida legal effort since the start, it would obviously be best" for him to argue the Florida case before the court, Payne said. "He and Larry Tribe worked all night on the brief, and Mr. Tribe returned to Florida this morning when the case went to court...