[ClearCase_guy]

The case that ended Florida ballot recounts in the disputed 2000 presidential election was also a 5-4 vote, but it stripped a state of power to administer its own laws, the former first lady said.

Actually, the US Supreme Court stripped the Florida Supreme Court of the power to ignore Florida state laws whenever they damn well felt like it. Terrible shame, that.

[ladtx]

Actually, the US Supreme Court stripped the Florida Supreme Court of the power to ignore Florida state laws whenever they damn well felt like it. Terrible shame, that.

Exactly what I was thinking. The SCOTUS just made sure that a state did follow its own laws. Seems she conviently forgot that point.