CDR: Re: Florida Supreme Court freezes certification

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On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Jim Burnes wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, George at Orwellian.Org wrote:
> > Florida Supreme Court freezes certification.
> >
> > (That's it.)
> 
> Hmmm.  That would seem to be a violation of separation of powers.
> 
> The Florida deadline law is very clear.  If the Florida Supreme
> Court wishes to rule on a suit that the Dems bring up then that
> is their authority, but preventing the Secretary of State from
> doing her duly appointed job seems to be a violation of 
> separation of powers.
> 
> What if Jeb Bush told her to do it?  Who wins?  The executive
> authority or the judicial?
> 
> Since when did the Florida Supreme Court have executive authority?

They don't. :)

What is more interesting is the fact the the Judiciary has no enforcement
powers. Jeb Bush can tell them to go screw and there is not a dam thing
that they can do about it. <EG>


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