Word: connor
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...energetic session; the Justices (other than the always taciturn Thomas and the unusually quiet Rehnquist) peppered Bush attorney Ted Olson with pointed questions. First up: Why is this case a federal issue? Justice Kennedy, widely considered one of three possible "swing votes," along with Rehnquist and O'Connor, was particularly concerned about whether the Court should consider the case...
David Boies went into the U.S. Supreme Court Monday looking to peel an O'Connor or a Kennedy off the 5-4 majority that put his client's dreams on hold over the weekend. But he may find his arguments for a hand count winning over a much larger crowd - and on different terms than he was hoping...
...course, if they have to, and if Kennedy and O'Connor don't get peeled, the Staying Five could still just ring the bell for the Republicans, on the logic that a half-baked hand count wasn't going to make the scoring any more accurate. We'll get over it - by most accounts, this non-election fight between two non-presidents still has the American people cheering at the TV as bemusedly as they would for any Don King-sponsored heavyweight bout. But as December shortens, the people are scanning the arena for a credible referee before the brawl...
...Gore attorney's appearance prompted quite a few barbed queries from Justice Scalia, who was audibly displeased with several of Boies' responses. Justice O'Connor, as well, posed tough questions to the Gore lawyer; at one point she asked him why the Florida Supreme Court had not responded to the high court's remand of a decision to extend the certification deadline. Boies didn't seem to have an answer...
...Befitting their belief the recount should continue, Justices Breyer and Souter seemed particularly interested in establishing a standard both parties could accept, while O'Connor sounded annoyed that the dilemma existed in the first place. "Why isn't the standard what the voter are instructed?" she demanded. "The instructions couldn't be clearer, for goodness' sake...