Al Gore's case is insulting: ; A priesthood of lawyers can't speak for voters

"PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom- and of whom only it is positively known that immense numbers oftheir countrymen did not want any of them for President." - AmbroseBierce, The Devil's Dictionary

WASHINGTON - As George W. Bush is inaugurated Jan. 20, the lawfirm of Boies, Gore & Lieberman may be clustered in front of theplatform, waving legal briefs purporting to demonstrate illegalimperfections in the way the "will of the people" was measured inFlorida, where both the winner and the loser received the support of27 percent of "the people" of Florida, understood as that state'seligible voters.

But despite the supposed sophistication of …