Post Tuesday, December 31st, 2002
Jeb Bush is finally getting to appoint some Florida Supreme Court justices and has changed the balance from 7-0 Democratic to 5-2. Keep in mind, though, that these appointments wouldn’t have altered the outcome in Gore v. Harris, since the justices that the Bush appointees are replacing voted the right way in the 4-3 decision on a statewide recount. Fortunately, Bush will be governor for 4 more years, wiith a solid 2/3 majority in both houses of the state legislature, and might be able to change the composition of the court from the most liberal supreme court in the country to a somewhat moderate court.