In October of 2004, Florida police arrested Shelton and charged him with nine felony counts: three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, one count of delivery of cocaine, one count of fleeing law enforcement, one count of driving with a suspended license, one count of reckless driving, and two counts of criminal mischief.

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To Olson's argument, Tribe replied that the Florida justices weren't writing new code but merely interpreting conflicting Florida statutes. (One sets a tight deadline for certification and the other allows hand recounts, which can take a long time.) And anyway, Tribe argued in his typically agile brief, the electoral-count law simply offers incentives to states who follow its provisions--but doesn't punish them if they don't.

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Making people pay what they already owe under current law doesn't count as a tax hike.

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