Word: dissenter
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...while the court's decision effectively ended the election, the strongly worded opinions of the four dissenting justices revealed a deep divide on the court. In the most dramatic dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens said that his colleagues reflected an "unstated lack of confidence in the impartiality and capacity" of the Florida Supreme Court in siding with the Bush team's appeal, undermining the credibility of the nation's highest court...
...most dramatic dissent, Justice Stevens called the federal questions of the case "insubstantial," and added that the Supreme Court's decision, in siding with the Bush team's appeal, reflected an "unstated lack of confidence in the impartiality and capacity" of the Florida Supreme Court...
...presidency from five Justices who knew what it was to look at an electoral process and its officers, and wince. Al Gore got only his chance for a graceful exit and his bogeymen, from a Court split three and a half ways but plenty clear-cut in the dissent for Democrats to understand who was on their side. And the decision - decisions, really - were such a buzzing, conflicted horde that Gore didn't concede, and Bush didn't celebrate, because there was a lot of deciphering to do first. The nation will get its split-screen versions after...
...Supreme Court's well-reasoned decision to hear Texas Gov. George W. Bush's appeal of the Florida Supreme Court's restructuring of the Florida Election Code (Editorial, Dec. 11). The decision handed down by the Florida Court created a multitude of practical and constitutional problems. In a scathing dissent, Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Wells (a Democratic appointee) concluded that the decision has, "no foundation in the law of Florida as it existed...
...Boies, out front for the Gore camp and learning to talk a very good political game, admitted "obviously we think the dissent had it better" when it came to what result would damage the country. He hopes he can boost their number. But he's also primed to make the ruling five look like activist blunderers, calling the Florida law "absolutely clear" on his ability to challenge any specific group of votes he wants, and the ability of the Florida Supreme Court to fashion any remedy it wants...