May It Please the Court...
"Miss
Diva" Reads the Minds of the Players,
Transcribes
Excerpts from the Supreme Court Hearing
BOIES: I think ...
the court needs to take into account the fact that the American people believe
themselves to be entitled, if legally registered, to vote for their
Presidential electors. The breadth of
federal court opinions on this subject have held that voter error, where voter
intent can be determined, is not sufficient reason to deny this right.
O'CONNOR: I'm sorry. You
are responding as though there were no special circumstances here. There are!
Some of us on this bench would like to retire, and will not be able to,
until Bush is President. We can’t let
Gore become President, even if he is the preference of the voters! We can’t!
I want to go back to Arizona and rope horses!
BOIES: I think there
is, Your Honor, no reason why your personal preferences concerning who you
would vote for should nullify the votes of other voters, or the voters in
question here.
O'CONNOR: You
think? Who cares what you think?
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