SC Handing Election to Their Party; Florida Ruling Showed No "Split"
or "Divide" Like the U.S. High Court
http://www.mrc.org/news/cyberalert/2000/cyb20001211.asp
1) George Stephanopoulos accused the U.S. Supreme Court of
jumping "right into the middle of a political dispute in a way that
will hand the election to the party of the person that appointed
them." Steve Roberts asserted the court "appeared to be acting for
partisan motives to protect George Bush from those votes being
counted. I think they've done themselves a lot of damage."
http://www.mrc.org/news/cyberalert/2000/cyb20001211.asp#1
2) CBS News anchor John Roberts: "Some people have suggested that the
court has shown itself to be nothing more than a political entity in
it's splitting along at least ideological if not partisan lines."
http://www.mrc.org/news/cyberalert/2000/cyb20001211.asp#2
3) The Florida Supreme Court's 4-3 ruling was not "split"
or "divided" according to New York Times and Washington Post
headlines, but the headlines in those papers the next day applied
those caveats to the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling.
http://www.mrc.org/news/cyberalert/2000/cyb20001211.asp#3
4) The NBC Nightly News devoted a story to how blacks in Duval County
have "a lingering question: what happened to their votes?" But every
voter, black and white, got the same ballot.
http://www.mrc.org/news/cyberalert/2000/cyb20001211.asp#4
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