| Presidential Election Law/The Recount - JURIST Status Report for Wednesday, December 13
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| Case/Issue |
Court/Player |
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| Bush v. Gore |
United States Supreme Court |
Review of Florida Supreme Court ruling in Gore v. Harris ordering restart of manual recounts |
Reversed and remanded to Florida Supreme Court |
Entry of final orders and certifications, but no more recounts |
| Gore v. Harris |
Florida Supreme Court |
Appeal from circuit court ruling (Judge N. Sanders Sauls) rejecting election
contest |
Court-ordered manual recounts begin on Saturday morning but are halted Saturday afternoon by stay order from U.S. Supreme Court |
Has morphed into Bush v. Gore, above |
| Palm Beach County Canvassing Boardv. Harris |
Florida Supreme Court |
Remand from U.S. Supreme Court to clarify basis of
ruling |
On Monday, the Florida Supreme Court modified its prior opinion to
make explicit that its ruling was
based solely on construction
of the Florida Election Code |
Over |
| Jacobs v. Seminole County |
Florida Supreme Court |
Voter's contest seeking to disqualify absentee
ballots because of unlawful alterations to applications
for ballot by GOP workers |
Supreme Court upholds trial court on Tuesday; ballots not rejected |
Over |
| Taylor v. Martin County |
Florida Supreme Court |
Voter's contest seeking to disqualify absentee
ballots because of unlawful assistance given to GOP
workers |
Supreme Court upholds trial court on Tuesday; ballots not rejected |
Over |
| Siegel v. LePore |
U.S. Ct. of Appeals/11th Circuit |
Bush campaign's constitutional challenge to
"standardless" and selective manual recounts |
Bush appeal rejected; petition for certorari filed with United States Supreme Court |
Issue resolved in Bush v. Gore |
| Jones v. Bush |
U.S. Ct. of Appeals/5th Circuit |
Voters' constitutional challenge to Texas electors'
ability to vote for both Bush and Cheney because both are
alleged to be inhabitants of Texas |
Federal appeals court
upholds decision that
Cheney is inhabitant of
Wyoming |
Petition for certiorari to be filed with U.S.Supreme Court |
| For lawsuit pleadings, click here. |
| Appointment of Florida Electors |
Florida Legislature |
Possible legislative intervention to appoint |
House votes for slate of Bush electors |
Senate vote expected Wednesday |
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