After five weeks of legal wrangling, the end is finally near.
Lawyers for Vice President Al Gore '69 and Texas Gov. George W. Bush argued for a second and presumably final time before the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday, sparring over the court's Saturday decision to halt the Florida Supreme Court-mandated recount of statewide "undervotes."
After working with Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law Laurence H. Tribe '62 throughout Saturday night to prepare the Gore campaign's brief, lead lawyer David Boies tried to persuade a majority of the court to resume a recount yesterday.
But with pressure mounting for Gore to concede, it was far from clear that Boies had convinced either Justice Anthony Kennedy or Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who are generally considered moderates but sided with Bush on Saturday.
And with today's deadline for states
to select presidential electors looming, the Gore camp indicated that another court defeat would mean the end of the presidential contest at last.
"If the Supreme Court rules in Governor Bush's favor...that's
probably the end of it," said Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.), Gore's running-mate.
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