Aside from the heavy-handedness that such an action would entail...
and the possible political repurcussions from the public, was there anything constitutionally or statutorially that could have prevented the Florida Legislature in 2000 from sitting down and naming the state's electors for, even if the FSC-mandated recount had been allowed to finish?
...The SCOTUS smack-down, and then the certification by the legal authority (cough, cough) Sec. of State Ms. Katherine (I will deliver Florida to you, you God you Mr. Bush) Harris.
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