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A. Yes. The legislature 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...
A. Well, the only electoral votes that Gore could open are ones "certified" by the Governor. (This is different from state officials certifying the election.) If the Governor certifies the Bush-Cheney electors and the Gore-Lieberman electors send in a rival ballot, it's ignored. The only exception here...
A. Under this system, anything's possible.
I will always remember that the First Father of the First Family, who is responsible for setting a national example, brought shame and public humiliation on his wife, his daughter and his country by marital infidelity and by lying under oath--right into the camera, looking straight into my face...
When he walked out into the chamber, he was under the most intense amount of personal pressure any President has ever had at a State of the Union. Nobody knew what he was going to say; nobody knew how he could do it. And he said, "What shall we do...