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To: SpinyNorman
In the Florida case the Supreme Court should have turned the matter back to the Florida Legislature and let the Florida legislature determine who the Electors from the State of Florida would be as was their duty. A hot potato that the State legislature did not want, but in my opinion was their Constitutional duty to handle.
14 posted on 07/24/2002 9:54:12 AM PDT by Arkinsaw
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To: Arkinsaw
In the Florida case the Supreme Court should have turned the matter back to the Florida Legislature and let the Florida legislature determine who the Electors from the State of Florida would be as was their duty. A hot potato that the State legislature did not want, but in my opinion was their Constitutional duty to handle.

I have an issue with the SCOTUS ruling, namely that I think applying equal protection was both unnecessary and left them open to charges of judicial activism. It would have been best to simply rely on McPherson and the U.S. Code and keep sending it back to ScoFla until they all got the hint (three of them did the second time around, including Chief Justice Wells) - and if they didn't get the hint in a timely matter, then let the Florida legislature handle things.

15 posted on 07/24/2002 9:59:29 AM PDT by dirtboy
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