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Chapter 704 Supreme Court Intervention in Disputes

"What defines a politician? A politician is someone who asks the rich for money and the poor for votes. They make both the rich and the poor believe that they will protect their interests!"

—American Politics

On November 28, the Democratic Party put forward a quick-fix plan, requesting that the Lyon County Circuit Court in Florida allow manual vote counting in Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties to be completed within seven days, starting on the 29th.

Meanwhile, speaking in Washington, D.C., Albert Gore pointed out that the manual review of 14,000 disputed ballots in Palm Beach County and Miami-Dade County, Florida, could be completed within a week, and the Leon County Circuit Court could make a ruling within the next two to three days. The combined time for both of these tasks would not exceed the December 12 deadline!
The Bush Republican camp directly and explicitly rejected Democratic candidate Albert Gore's proposal for a recount. Instead, they adopted a strategy of going with the flow, requesting the Lyon County Circuit Court in Florida to send all 115 million ballots from Palm Beach and Miami-David counties to the court so that they could be counted together should the judge decide to conduct a manual recount, rather than just counting the 1.4 "disputed ballots" requested by the Albert Gore camp.

Meanwhile, the Bush camp also began to form a government transition team!
It's obvious that this is a deliberate scheme; counting all 115 million votes manually would not be completed even by December 12th.
The Republican Party's delaying tactics are perfect.

The Lyon County Circuit Court in Florida also rejected Albert Gore's request to focus on 14,000 disputed ballots over seven days.
After all, the Republicans' reasoning was that since the Democrats were demanding a full count, all 115 million ballots should be counted manually to fully reflect public opinion.

Does the Lyon County Circuit Court really have to manually count those 115 million ballots?
While continuing the lawsuit, the Democrats also made sure to sabotage the formation of Bush's transition team.

When Andrew Card, the former chief of staff for the Bush transition team and future White House chief of staff, contacted officials at the Clinton administration’s General Services Administration to request the start of the transition government office and to obtain the corresponding government funding, he was turned away.

General Services Administration officials refused to allow Bush's team to use the transitional government office building and refused to release $530 million in transitional government funds.

General Services Administration (GSA) officials cited the 1963 Presidential Transition Act, noting that Congress was concerned that the GSA would have too much power and would arbitrarily allocate funds to the new president, so it made the following decision: "The GSA should not act hastily if the election is not yet decided."

However, the Bush camp was not short of money, and quickly raised funds to form a transitional government team!

"Oh, it was you who provided the $500 million?"

That evening, in their villa in Mandeville Canyon, Beverly Hills, Aaron held Sophie Marceau in his arms while talking on the phone with Jack Wells.

"Yes, I met with George H.W. Bush. Of course I'd help with something as small as this. Anyway, the Republicans' chances of winning are getting better and better!"

As for cheating, it doesn't matter; everyone only cares about the final result.

After hanging up the phone, Aaron kissed Sophie Marceau in his arms, feeling the softness of the woman. "The US election, isn't it interesting?"

Sophie Marceau chuckled. "Heh heh, it's quite a show, and the ordinary Americans down there all love to talk about politics!"

"Here's the situation. Didn't you see that the highest-rated channel in the US is CNN News?" The current presidential election lawsuits in the US are attracting global attention. There's no way around it; the world's only superpower is just that attractive.

"By the way, 'The Phantom of the Louvre' should have finished filming at least two or three months ago, right? Why are you only coming back to Hollywood now?"

“I stayed in Paris to keep an eye on the behind-the-scenes special effects for the film. You know, France didn’t used to have many films that required so many special effects,” otherwise, Sophie Marceau would have come to Hollywood long ago.

“I see,” Aaron said, flipping over and landing on top of Sophie Marceau. “In Hollywood, Vivendi has already integrated the assets of MGM and PolyGram.”

"Perhaps, more French filmmakers will appear in Hollywood in the future."

The mature and sexy Sophie Marceau also has a wild side. Pushing Aaron off her, she instead pinned him down, saying, "Well, I received the script from MGM when I was in France."

"Vivendi is being very generous!"

“Ha, Vivendi, MGM and PolyGram, they’re not the end for them,” Aaron thought to himself, stroking Sophie Marceau on his body.

Sophie Marceau sat on the man's lap. "You're still worried about these things?"

“Of course not,” Aaron exhaled, reaching out to caress the woman’s softness. “In Hollywood, who could possibly make me worry?”

"Um……"

On November 29, the Lyon County Circuit Court in Florida decided to hold a hearing on December 2 regarding Democratic presidential candidate Albert Gore's challenge to the Florida presidential election results.
Meanwhile, as the legal battle between George W. Bush and Albert Gore escalates again, the U.S. Department of Justice has indicated it may directly intervene in the presidential election dispute in Florida.

Furthermore, the Florida state legislature has stated its intention to intervene in the election dispute to ensure that Florida's 25 electors are selected on December 12, further complicating the prospects for the presidential election.

On November 30, the Democratic Party filed an emergency appeal with the Florida Supreme Court against the Lyon County Circuit Court's rejection of its request to expedite the vote counting process, demanding an immediate recount of 14,000 disputed ballots in Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties.

Meanwhile, a special committee of the Florida state legislature voted to recommend that the legislature hold a special session to appoint the state's 25 electors, but this recommendation was immediately met with strong opposition from the Democratic Party.

The dispute between the two parties grew increasingly intense, and the litigation became increasingly heated, until the U.S. Supreme Court finally intervened formally.
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hold a 90-minute hearing on December 1, with a panel of nine of the nation's highest-ranking judicial officers observing the proceedings. The hearing will discuss a range of issues, including whether to reopen the manual vote count in Florida, accept the appeals, postpone the deadline for issuing the results, and whether changing the system would be unconstitutional.

This is the first time in more than 200 years of U.S. history that the U.S. Supreme Court has intervened in a presidential election dispute!
(End of this chapter)