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When the high court convenes on Dec. 11, the day after may be seen as a drop-dead date for designating electors. But there is precedent for delay. Congress accepted Hawaii's electors for JFK after a late recount showed him finally beating Nixon...
...ANTHONY M. KENNEDY APPOINTED BY Ronald Reagan (1988) For the most part he's been a reliable conservative, but he has become an occasional swing vote, especially on abortion rights. During oral arguments two weeks ago, he was skeptical of the Florida Supreme Court's decision to extend the recount deadline...
...majority seemed to feel that it would be harmful to presidential legitimacy to allow the hand count to continue and perhaps undermine the President-elect - read Bush. The dissenting opinion essentially said, Let the recount continue so that we at least have the numbers in case we decide the Florida Supreme Court was right. What's the harm? they wondered. The majority seemed to believe the harm was irreparable...
...Will the American public accept a president elected by a recount? A recount demanded by a divided state supreme court? A president elected by some number of chads - hanging, dimpled, pregnant or otherwise...
...Will the U.S. Supreme Court get involved? If Bush appeals to the United States Supreme Court, it's possible those justices will issue a stay, halting the recount until they consider the case. Gore's hands would be tied...