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...problem: Legal decisions are not soundbite-ready. They don't come with talking points, graphics and a prepackaged video B-roll. But TV is about now: Television that patiently waits for resolution and reasoned selection of detail is called "photography." So when the thick decision pamphlets came down the SCOTUS steps, it was speed-readin' time...
...Court must get involved, Olson argued, because Florida's Supreme Court's rulings instituted "wholesale revisions" to Florida law - and it is up to SCOTUS to set those revisions straight...
...issue is the Florida Supreme Court's Friday ruling ordering hand recounts of undervotes statewide. Saturday, SCOTUS stayed that recount by a vote of 5-4, and collected briefs from both sides on Sunday afternoon in preparation for Monday's hearing...
...Another concern for Rehnquist et al. is the time. Sure it's late. And no wonder the Florida Supreme Court still hasn't bothered to explain to SCOTUS its first crack at this thing - it was a sloppy activist compromise that only served to waste three weeks of national time. The high court of which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sounded so enamored Monday could have done the legally simpler thing on Nov. 17: Allow Katherine Harris her first certification and allow Gore his de novo contest on Nov. 18. And give Florida's 67 canvassing boards three weeks instead...
...however, SCOTUS agrees to take the case but refuses to issue a stay, or if the high court declines to hear the case at all, the manual count will continue. And that scenario, of course, presents a potential public relations disaster for Bush: If the hand counts go on, and more votes are continually added to Gore's column, it could be increasingly difficult for the governor to convince people he did, in fact, win Florida...