Supreme Court Reverses Gore Endorsement, Awarding it to McCain

by Jake Maccoby and Jordan Zakarin

Mere moments after formally announcing his backing for Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama in an email to supporters, former Vice President Al Gore’s endorsement was blocked and reversed by a 5-4 Supreme Court decision, handing the Nobel Prize winner’s full throated support to Republican nominee John McCain.

Writing for the majority, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that regardless of who Gore intended to support, a strict constructionist reading of his statement made it clear that, from a legal standpoint, his endorsement must be awarded to the GOP candidate.

“It is plainly obvious, by reading Section One, Clause Four of Article Two, that the framers, Jefferson, Madison and Hamilton, were firm in their resolve, that in the 2008 Presidential election, 219 years after ratification, former Vice President Gore, who the constitution also stipulated must lose the 2000 Presidential election regardless of the voters’ wishes, would be required to hand his endorsement and considerable public influence to John McCain, who was himself one of the original framers of Constitution,” Scalia wrote.

Seconds after the ruling, Charlie Black, a spokesman for the McCain campaign, said that “Senator McCain is gratified and humbled by the support of Vice President Gore, and he urges the American people to unite behind him for the good of the nation.”

Black also called any possible attempts by Gore to challenge the ruling “extremely divisive,” stating that “any type of debate or divergence would be extremely dangerous in the face of the impending election this November.”>>>>>snip

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Dammit! What the hell is WRONG with them :angry:


This is EXACTLY why we need Obama as our next president. So we can stop this court from making more stupid and assinine rulings like these!

In a 7-2 decision they ruled Musicblind's opinion on DU
will know be reversed to support John McCain's point of view.


:) :sarcasm: :rofl:

With all of the SERIOUS issues this court could be spending time on... Gay marriage for one! But NO, they are waisting time over turning my and Al Gore's personal opinion regarding who should win the election this November? This court has got to be stopped before they over turn Obama's opinion of who should win the election this November as well. That would be a disaster, and patently unfair.
:wtf:
What is this court coming to?
What is the world coming to?



I blame video games for this.