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Okay, i'm not going to personally comment on whether or not i like the decision that the Florida Supreme Court handed down today, or whether I think Gore or Bush is the rightful President-elect.
What i do find fascinating though, is that my understanding of the U.S. Supreme Court decision the other day was, Florida Supremes, we're not going to embarrass you by calling you wrong, but you might want to seriously reconsider your prior decision. It seemed pretty clear that while they would not act (at least at that time), the U.S. Supreme Court was trying to nicely tell the Florida court, "this was too blatant of an activist decision, you screwed up.... if you're going to make these rulings, you need to at least be a bit more subtle." The implication being that it's a done deal now, and didn't change the outcome, just let it be and don't screw around with it anymore.
Add to this that the Florida legislature seems none too happy with their state Supreme Court, and it seems like the justices are simply daring someone to kick them in the ass. Put aside your feelings of whether the decisions they issued were right or wrong, but the court does seem to be swimming against the tide of the other 'checks and balances' powers. I could easily see the U.S. Supreme Court stepping in and drop kicking the Florida court for their ruling. I do know one thing for sure... there WILL be hell to pay by those justices for the decisions they passed down (and to be fair, they were probably doomed to this no matter what way they decided).
[Edit:] one thing i will say, i do give them credit for being willing to hear and decide the case. it would have been pretty easy for them to defer, and simply pass the buck to the U.S. Supreme Court or others to decide. [/edit]
Which do you think it is - courageous justices standing up for the principles of fairness against steep odds, or evidence of supreme arrogance and hubris on the part of the court?
What i do find fascinating though, is that my understanding of the U.S. Supreme Court decision the other day was, Florida Supremes, we're not going to embarrass you by calling you wrong, but you might want to seriously reconsider your prior decision. It seemed pretty clear that while they would not act (at least at that time), the U.S. Supreme Court was trying to nicely tell the Florida court, "this was too blatant of an activist decision, you screwed up.... if you're going to make these rulings, you need to at least be a bit more subtle." The implication being that it's a done deal now, and didn't change the outcome, just let it be and don't screw around with it anymore.
Add to this that the Florida legislature seems none too happy with their state Supreme Court, and it seems like the justices are simply daring someone to kick them in the ass. Put aside your feelings of whether the decisions they issued were right or wrong, but the court does seem to be swimming against the tide of the other 'checks and balances' powers. I could easily see the U.S. Supreme Court stepping in and drop kicking the Florida court for their ruling. I do know one thing for sure... there WILL be hell to pay by those justices for the decisions they passed down (and to be fair, they were probably doomed to this no matter what way they decided).
[Edit:] one thing i will say, i do give them credit for being willing to hear and decide the case. it would have been pretty easy for them to defer, and simply pass the buck to the U.S. Supreme Court or others to decide. [/edit]
Which do you think it is - courageous justices standing up for the principles of fairness against steep odds, or evidence of supreme arrogance and hubris on the part of the court?
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