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...Justices halted the recount and scheduled oral arguments for Monday on George W. Bush's claim that the manual counts are unconstitutional and could do "irreparable harm" to his candidacy. Al Gore's top lawyer, David Boies, was eating lunch with another hotshot lawyer, Stephen Zack, when the news came over the television. Boise threw up his hands and cried, "What possible irreparable harm could they be talking about?" At that moment, 700 miles to the north, an aide called Leahy at home and said, "You're not going to believe what the Supreme Court just did." Just then Leahy...
...Justices halted the recount and scheduled oral arguments for Monday on George W. Bush's claim that the manual counts are unconstitutional and could do "irreparable harm" to his candidacy. Al Gore's top lawyer, David Boies, was eating lunch with another hotshot lawyer, Stephen Zack, when the news came over the television. Boise threw up his hands and cried, "What possible irreparable harm could they be talking about?" At that moment, 700 miles to the north, an aide called Leahy at home and said, "You're not going to believe what the Supreme Court just did." Just then Leahy...
...this point, Zack decided it was time to pull out the big guns. He reached behind him and pulled out a piece of paper, from which he began to read: "Mr. Ahmann, is it not true that in 1981 you went to the U.S. Patent Office because you were worried about defects in the voting device you'd approved - and which had been installed and still operates down in Miami-Dade county...
...ruckus broke out, Phil Beck stormed forward and asked to read the document, which Zack grudgingly permitted him to hold. The surprise statement was allowed - and Zack got Ahmann to admit that his device can lead to unreadable votes due to chad buildup, dangling chads and even rubber problems...
...court adjourned for lunch, Zack crowed to the press outside: "Their witness just told Judge Sauls to recount those votes...