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Date: Saturday, December 09, 2000 10:25 PM
Subject: Cong. Jackson on Supreme Court Decision to Stop Count
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>SUPREME COURT'S MORAL AND LEGAL AUTHORITY IS AT STAKE
> Statement By Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.
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>Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. today issued the following statement
>regarding the Supreme Court's ruling that put a stop to counting
>ballots throughout Florida and calling for oral arguments on Monday
>at 11am.
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>Congressman Jackson said, "The basis of politics and legal authority
>in the United States is the Constitution. The first words in the
>Preamble are "We the people." We the PEOPLE are the ultimate source
>of power and authority for our government. The people express their
>will through their vote. Democracy, as expressed through the
>peoples' vote, cannot be compromised over some narrowly conceived,
>"strict constructionist" interpretation that is technical in nature,
>nitpicking, and based on questionable legal technicalities. The
>will and intention of the voter, as best it can be discerned by
>machines, bipartisan hand counters and accompanying public witnesses
>must be the legal standard.
>
>"In a democracy every vote counts and every vote must be counted.
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>"All Americans can live with votes counted for Gov. George W. Bush.
>But our democracy cannot live if the votes of the American people
>are not counted. An uncounted vote says to the American people
>that THEY don't count.
>
>"If the Supreme Court's actions -- whatever that may ultimately
>turn out to be -- in the end, prohibit all votes cast from being
>fully, fairly and inclusively counted (to the degree humanly
>possible), then the Supreme Court will have discredited itself,
>lost much of its moral and legal authority, the Justices
>themselves will have contributed mightily to undermining the very
>institution they represent, and undermined the rule of law that
>they are sworn to uphold on behalf of the American people," Jackson
>concluded.
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