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...determining the election's outcome. The U.S. Supreme Court may even decide not to rule at all on the case George W. Bush brought before them, Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board. But at least for 90 blessed minutes Friday morning, Election 2000 didn't feel like an argument between overheated parents at a Little League game...
...Boies was clear about what the Gore argument will be on Monday. "There is no federal question here," he said. "This is a matter of state law. No federal court has stepped in to change the result of a national election over the judgment of local election officials...
Establishing such a nation-wide standard in the U.S. would raise issues of federalism and states' rights, but it should at least be possible to have ballots standardized at the state level. The Republicans' argument that manual recount standards are uneven is exacerbated by the fact that the types of ballots and voting systems can vary widely from county to county. Some areas, such as now-infamous Palm Beach County, still use punch-card systems from the mid-1970s, while others have long since switched to more reliable optical scanner technologies. A standard system will encourage uniform procedures and heighten...
...Another argument that I have heard in the past few weeks suggests that Israel has made every effort to appease the Arabs. Israel has returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt, withdrawn its army from south Lebanon, and was even willing to return the Golan Heights to Syria in exchange for peace. The claims of the Palestinians seem like yet more demands on an endless list of claims...
...When Clark bristled at plaintiff's lawyer Gerald Richman's closing-argument suggestion that she could put the fear of the court into future elections supervisors - "My job is not to send a message... my job is to rule in the case that's before me" - it seemed a statement that could cut both ways. Then there was the lunchtime injection of suspense: Was the situation fluid? Could one or both of these cases turn George W. Bush into what he hasn't been for 31 days now - the challenger...