“Although we may never know with complete certainty the
identity of the winner of this year’s presidential election,
the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the
nation’s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of
the rule of law.”

– JOHN PAUL STEVENS, Supreme Court justice.

He’s not my president-elect: A partisan Supreme Court today handed the White House to the “illegitimate son”. Although I’m not a lawyer and haven’t read the entire 65-page opinion, from what I’ve heard the dissenting opinions are much more cogent than the majority opinion. Gore is scheduled to address the nation in an hour, and I personally hope he’s not too concessionary. I started out this campaign season thinking I wouldn’t get very emotionally involved, thinking it just didn’t matter too much. As you’ve seen if you’ve been reading FmH for long, I ate those words a long time ago as it has been apparent how much of a difference this is going to make. I think I’m going to be derisive for a long long time…