Word: underlying
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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So at the end of Wednesday, the Commotion by the Ocean was right back where it started. Hand counts are legal, if not necessarily acceptable past the long-past Tuesday deadline. The Bush camp wants to stop them, the Gore camp wants to make sure they matter. Broward County is...
Christopher wants to let the Florida Supreme Court handle all election-related lawsuits and ask it to rule "whether hand counts now ongoing are appropriate under Florida law, and if so, what is the deadline for their completions." Christopher is also looking for a statewide standardization of all matters "chad...
Chief Justice Charles T. Wells Appointed to the court by the late Democratic governor Lawton Chiles in 1994. Considered a moderate by court-watchers. Came under fire, along with Justice Harding (see below), for communicating in secret with Republican lawmakers during a legislative debate over the death penalty.
Justice Leander J. Shaw Appointed by Democratic governor Bob Graham in 1983. Served as Chief Justice from 1990 to 1992: Considered the most progressive member of the Court. Came under fire from anti-abortion groups when the Court overturned a parental consent law in 1989.
As President Clinton gesticulates in vain to get Yasser Arafat and Ehud Barak back on a path to peace, the specter of Lebanon is beginning to loom over the West Bank and Gaza. Four Israelis and two Palestinians were killed in fierce clashes Monday, in a new escalation of violence...