[Jim Noble]

On the final day, the State House of Representatives declared Bush the winner and chose his electors to be the electors of Florida. The US Supreme Court ruling meant that the State Senate didn't need to take up that vote as well, so the bill was never passed.

As I said above, the Constitutional process for electing a President was working, would have continued to work and did not require illegitimate US Supreme Court intervention.

The authors of Article II and Amendment XI could easily have inserted the sentence, "All cases of dispute about proper selection of electors by a State Legislature will be referred to the Supreme Court".

They would have been appalled by the very notion.

The Supreme Court of 1877 could easily have intervened in the "Electoral Commission" fiasco-but they would have been way out of their assigned responsibilities, and they knew it.

Just remember, a Court with the power to supervene the political process of chusing electors is a Court with the power to redefine marriage.

Bush v. Gore should never-NEVER-have been heard by the Court.

[prion]

Bush v. Gore should never-NEVER-have been heard by the Court.

I agree. If they'd let things play out naturally, the outcome would have been the same, but we wouldn't be forever dealing with the charge that the Supremes anointed Bush president. I don't approve of activist judges even when I agree with their politics.

[chiller]

I'll say that again for you, only louder;

Bush v. Gore should never-NEVER-have been heard by the Court.

No need. They ignored the prescribed procedure. What the hell gives?