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...time the lunchtime recess rolled around at 12:30, more than five hours into the trial, Richman had called three witnesses - and been admonished once by Clark for wasting the court's precious time. And if he had an unfairness-to-Democrats trump card that could persuade Clark to throw Seminole County's 15,000 absentee-ballot babies out with the bathwater, he hadn't played...
...between the branches, the judicial branch has the final word. That principle applies at the state level as well. State courts regularly strike down laws passed by state legislatures and issue orders that are binding on Governors. That means that, presumptively, a ruling of the Florida Supreme Court would trump an act of the Florida legislature. But if the two branches reached an irresolvable impasse on a matter as important as a presidential election, it is probable that the U.S. Supreme Court would find a reason to come in and break the deadlock...
...your Admiral houseboat?" he asked. Before any of us could respond, there it was--every bit as enormous as I had imagined it in my worst anxiety attack. Once we were inside, though, the angst turned to wonder. It looked more like a luxury two-story condo in Trump Tower than a boat. The Admiral came with a fully equipped kitchen, a large oval dining table that could comfortably seat eight, four private bedrooms, two bathrooms, central air conditioning, an outdoor barbecue grill, a large TV, VCR and CD player, and cockpit controls. That was just the lower deck...
...line: The Democrats haven't shown much inclination lately to play this trump card, but with a revote suit before the Florida Supremes, the Bush camp is taking no chances. The Bush line? Too late. Bristow insisted that "anyone who has concern about the form of the ballot has to express it before the election." And besides, it was designed and approved by Democrats...
...whose sleaze and mediocrity have been well-suited to our meretricious, self-satisfied epoch. Clinton has thrived in a time when Americans are more interested in the color of money than the content of their leaders' character, and so we have allowed Slick Willie's solid economic stewardship to trump his betrayals of trust, the corruption of his cronies and his outrageously sordid personal life...