Lewis, Pariente and Quince were on the bench in 2000 when the Florida Supreme Court voted 4-3 to order Katherine Harris, then secretary of state, to accept the manual recounting of ballots sought by Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore in his race against Republican George W. Bush.
Lewis, Pariente and Quince were joined by Justice Harry Lee Anstead in favoring the statewide recount , but the ruling was later reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Since the retention system was instituted in 1976, no justice has ever lost a retention vote. If a justice is voted out, a replacement would be chosen through the state's Judicial Nominating Commission.
Three judges seek retention on Florida Supreme Court
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Santorum was the only US senator to fly to the bedside of Terri Schiavo last year, associating himself with the Christian fundamentalist campaign to vilify Terris husband, Michael Schiavo, after he decided to take his brain-dead wife off of life support and allow her to die.
The Democrats in the 2006 elections: the second party of reaction and war
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Retaining these three judges is a lot like retaining water when you're already bloated from menopause.