Word: dismissiveness
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...last resort when elections get too close to call. To a national court mindful on both its left and right flanks of "clouds" over this national election (Scalia himself defended the stay's ability to produce "the public acceptance democratic stability requires"), hand counts themselves may be hard to dismiss...
...trial, there was little evidence of any vote-switching - Souter, Breyer, Ginsburg and Stevens seemed fairly convinced of the importance of a recount and primarily concerned about establishing a workable counting standard. Scalia seemed prepared to dismiss the contest altogether, while Kennedy and O'Connor appeared genuinely troubled by the implications - for voters as well as the candidates - any decision might bring...
...During the course of her trial Judge Clark had repeatedly questioned whether that remedy was appropriate, but she had seemed willing to be convinced, and had repeatedly denied the Bush team's attempts to dismiss the case or boil it down to a "summary judgment" on the legal issues. Then at 12:30, the expected rulings were delayed until 2:15 - to a groan from the assemblage of reporters - because "one of the judges, I'm not going to say which one," said court spokesman Doug Smith, "needs more time to consider her ruling." Laughs...
Gerety is quick to dismiss concerns that the pair is tackling too great a challenge...
Indeed, Cheney is so attuned to the vagaries of his heart that when he was awakened last Wednesday around 3:30 a.m. by a discomfort in his chest, he realized at once that he couldn't dismiss it as simple indigestion. It wasn't intense pain, Cheney told the press two days later. But, he said, "it lasted long enough, it was steady enough, it didn't change when I breathed deeply or moved around" that he decided--correctly--to have it checked without delay. (See this week's Personal Time: Your Health...