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In reply to the discussion: None Dare Call It Treason: O'Connor has forfeited the right to be respected [View all]Samantha
(9,314 posts)But the SC reasoned that if all of the people whose votes had not been counted in the first-go-around had them counted in the recount, the end result could give those whose votes had been counted in the first-go-around less weight (should the recount turn the election around and give the vote count to Gore). So the Court reasoned this was unfair to those whose votes had been counted. In stopping the full recount, the USSC negated 51 million votes nationally that had been counted on election day for Gore to ensure that voters in Florida whose votes had been counted were given the proper weight--even if that meant disenfranchising those Floridians whose votes were not included for whatever reason.
"The first to vote is paramount" said the Florida Supreme Court in its first sentence of its decision. That phrase to me captures the epitome of what a Democracy should be. And if you look at the Constitution, the Supreme Court of Florida should have had the last word in the matter.
So Sandra Day O'Connor finally got it right -- just 13 years too late. That is beyond pitiful.
Sam