Comments on: Coleman v. Franken and Bush v. Gore http://www.ohioverticals.com/blogs/akron_law_cafe/2009/07/coleman-v-franken-and-bush-v-gore/ University of Akron School of Law Blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:48:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: N. E. Frye http://www.ohioverticals.com/blogs/akron_law_cafe/2009/07/coleman-v-franken-and-bush-v-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-1782 N. E. Frye Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:57:04 +0000 http://www.ohioverticals.com/blogs/akron_law_cafe/?p=2166#comment-1782 I think you may be right about judicial activism, Rev. I presume you are referring to that exhibited by both side. The interesting thing about Florida seems to have been that the Dems failed to request the one thing (a complete state-wide recount) that would probably have kept the U.S. SUprmes out of it and won it all for Gore. I think you may be right about judicial activism, Rev. I presume you are referring to that exhibited by both side.

The interesting thing about Florida seems to have been that the Dems failed to request the one thing (a complete state-wide recount) that would probably have kept the U.S. SUprmes out of it and won it all for Gore.

]]> By: The Reverend http://www.ohioverticals.com/blogs/akron_law_cafe/2009/07/coleman-v-franken-and-bush-v-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-1768 The Reverend Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:54:11 +0000 http://www.ohioverticals.com/blogs/akron_law_cafe/?p=2166#comment-1768 "If upon recount Florida had gone for Al Gore the Congress would not have accepted that result and the House, voting by states, would have installed George Bush as President anyway." You're speculating here. Perhaps you're correct, we'll never know. The Bush v Gore debacle relied on, as you say, "no uniform legal standards for determining the intent of the voter,"......at the same time, for example in Ohio, there's no uniform legal standard for voting. Does that mean that Ohio violates equal protection everytime there's an election? Bush v Gore was the most dreadful example of judicial activism ever, and demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt that the modern Supreme Court is simply a political entity. "If upon recount Florida had gone for Al Gore the Congress would not have accepted that result and the House, voting by states, would have installed George Bush as President anyway."

You're speculating here. Perhaps you're correct, we'll never know.

The Bush v Gore debacle relied on, as you say, "no uniform legal standards for determining the intent of the voter,"……at the same time, for example in Ohio, there's no uniform legal standard for voting. Does that mean that Ohio violates equal protection everytime there's an election?

Bush v Gore was the most dreadful example of judicial activism ever, and demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt that the modern Supreme Court is simply a political entity.

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