The Gore Exception - SCOTUS 2000

[rosesaylavee]

Wandering through the tubes this afternoon and found this link from a poster's profile here on DU... interesting bunny trail and thought I would share.

http://cronus.com/scotus/
The Cronus Connection

U.S. Supreme Court Decision 2000

A LAYMAN'S GUIDE TO THE SUPREME COURT DECISION IN BUSH V. GORE
by Mark H. Levine, Attorney at Law

Q: I'm not a lawyer and I don't understand the recent Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore. Can you explain it to me?
A: Sure. I'm a lawyer. I read it. It says Bush wins, even if Gore got the most votes.

Q: But wait a second. The US Supreme Court has to give a reason, right?
A: Right.

Q: So Bush wins because hand-counts are illegal?
A: Oh no. Six of the justices (two-thirds majority) believed the hand-counts were legal and should be done.

Q: Oh. So the justices did not believe that the hand-counts would find any legal ballots?
A. Nope. The five conservative justices clearly held (and all nine justices agreed) "that punch card balloting machines can produce an unfortunate number of ballots which are not punched in a clean, complete way by the voter." So there are legal votes that should be counted but can't be.

Q: Oh. Does this have something to do with states' rights? Don't conservatives love that?
A: Generally yes. These five justices, in the past few years, have held that the federal government has no business telling a sovereign state university it can't steal trade secrets just because such stealing is prohibited by law. Nor does the federal government have any business telling a state that it should bar guns in schools. Nor can the federal government use the equal protection clause to force states to take measures to stop violence against women.

Q: Is there an exception in this case?
A: Yes, the Gore exception. States have no rights to have their own state elections when it can result in Gore being elected President. This decision is limited to only this situation.

more at link...

Thought this info may come in handy when he announces this fall.

[Mabus]

1. the Gore exception

That decision broke my heart. It still breaks my heart. It was the day America changed for me and I finally understood how my parents felt after the Warren Commission released its report.

Thanks for the link.

[rosesaylavee]

2. Posting it here as reference for when he does run

in case we need any of this information to defend what he did in reaction to these criminals.