The supreme court intervenes (or, the "rule of law indeed")

[Eric M. Freedman]

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>>> katkink at NKU.EDU 12/09/00 04:33PM >>>

(2)  Because the ballots are public documents that are subject to Florida
Freedom of Information Act requests, they WILL be counted (and the results of
the count will become publicly known) within weeks after the present
litigation is finally concluded.  Thus, Justice Scalia's contention that the
counting of these ballots would "threaten irreparable harm to [Bush,] and to
the country, by casting a cloud upon what he claims to be the legitimacy of
his election," will come to pass in any event.  The stay cannot prevent it.
It can delay it only by a few weeks at most.

―---------Does anyone actually have any relevant Florida FOIA law to share with us on this point.  Can the press promptly get access to the original ballots? -E.