An e-mail to Juan Williams, host of National Public Radio's
Talk of the Nation, on the topic of the Supreme Court's role
in the last presidential election to air on January 29, 2001.
[the program was not aired until Feb 7] [return to political justice today]
Juan,
In order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic
tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare,
and secure the blessings of liberty, a Constitution for the United States of
America prescribes the process for electing presidents, which provides for
resolution of contests in a House of Representatives. Last December,
when it appeared that the contest in Florida would again necessitate such
constitutional means to elect George W. Bush, five Supreme Court Justices
disallowed the constitutionally prescribed process of electing a president.
For the furtherance of the above purposes the Constitution provides that "the
judges of the supreme court . . . shall hold their offices during good behaviour".
Through witnessed expression of strong bias, citation of four cases that have
no resemblance to Bush v Gore, and disregard of clear precedent, such as the
selection of a state's electors as late as January 4, among other things, five
Justices have shown themselves to be no longer qualified to hold office as
of December 12, 2000.

Tom Wolfsehr    Seattle, Washington
for information concerning efforts to respond to the Supreme Court's ruling
visit: [LAW PROFESSORS DENOUNCE SUPREME COURT RULING]