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To me, it all comes down to this: who has the authority to decide whether or not these ballots should be included? Answer: FL. Sec. of State. Next question: Since she has decided not to include those recounted ballots, did she arbitrarily (because she is a Republican) decide not to include them? That one is a bit trickier to answer, because if you are a Democrat, of course you are going to say that she arbitrarily decided not to include them. But as a judge, you would have to consider how she arrived at that decision. She has reportedly looked at FL. law and precedents. If you find her reasoning and intrepretation of the law to be accurate, then I would assume that you would have to grant her the power she has been given to not include those recounts, whether you like her decision or not.
LawyerRon, how often does a court step in without being asked to, like this one did? What gives them the authority to do that?
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