When Mr. Bush, who is 54, is sworn into office on Jan.20, he will be only the second son of a president to follow his father to the White House, after John Adams and John Quincy Adams in the early 19th century.
Mr. Gore, in his speech, was expected to thank his supporters, defend his hive-week battle as an effort to ensure, as a matter of principle, that every vote be counted, and call for the nation to join behind the new president. He was described by an aide as resolved and resigned.
While some constitutional experts had said they believed states could present electors as late as Dec. 18, the U. S. high court made clear that it saw no such leeway.
The U.S. high court sent back for revision to the Florida court its order allowing recounts but made clear that for all practical purposes the election was over.
In its unsigned main opinion, the court declared, The recount process, in its features here described, is inconsistent with the minimum procedures necessary to protect the fundamental right of each voter.
That decision, by a court fractured along philosophical lines, left one liberal justice charging that the high court s proceedings bore a political taint.
Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in an angry dissent: Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year s presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the nation s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the law.
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