[Brookhaven]

If that was the case, then the supremes wouldn't have had an standing to go into Fla.

The supremes have 3 good reasons to get involved.

1. This is an election for a federal office.
2. Ballots have already gone out and been returned.
3. Changing the name at this date makes it impossible to get absentee ballots out on time, thus disenfranchising absentee voters.

[Peach]

Your three good reasons for the USSC to get involved makes sense to me. Let's hope the USSC, if necessary, has the guts to take the issue on, knowing they will take another public relations hit for getting involved in a federal elections process. It's all about image these days, not law.

[Quilla]

Chavez' statement totally contradicts Judge Andrew Napolitano's (sp) opinion on Fox earlier this morning. He mentioned that the case could go all the way to the U.S. Supremes. (He is/was a judge in New Jersey.)

[DB]

For Bush I believe the argument was the equal protection clause of the constitution. Basically you can't change the law after the fact and it has to apply equally to everyone.