Clams Canino wrote:
OK, as time goes by this is getting fuzzy.

Did the S.C. actually rule to overturn something or did they affirm the Fla
decision?

IIRC they did not give the Florida court time to rule

The Florida court made two hasty (and IMHO rather stupid) decisions:
with the deadline approaching, they ruled that the recount *had* to be
completed before the deadline or no recounted votes would stand... then
they stopped the recount process.

The Democrats tried to open a hearing on this decision, saying that
either they should give the recount a chance to be completed, or let the
recounted votes stand... but didn't get very far. The Republicans went
straight to the top.

The Supreme Court stepped in to halt the whole process. It's like a game
called on account of rain, with a win going to the team that the umpire
decides *should* have won.

The above is partly from a recap of headlines and partly from my
admittedly not perfect memory. For the actual Supreme Court papers:

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/florida.html

Hope this helps... intended to be non-partisan...

Doug King