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Lawyers for Vice President Al Gore '69 and Texas Gov. George W. Bush argued for a second and presumably final time before the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday, sparring over the court's Saturday decision to halt the Florida Supreme Court-mandated recount of statewide "undervotes...
After working with Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law Laurence H. Tribe '62 throughout Saturday night to prepare the Gore campaign's brief, lead lawyer David Boies tried to persuade a majority of the court to resume a recount yesterday...
...Connor and Kennedy seemed skeptical of approving a recount...
...Connor warned of a "big red flag" in election law that seemingly requires courts to defer to the legislative branch, and Kennedy pointedly questioned recount standards that would vary from "table to table and county to county...
...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...