[Wright is right!]

"He's probably comparing this to the New Jersey case where the Supreme Court did not take that case. Does that make it harder for them to now take up a California election case when it refused to take up a New Jersey election case? How about the fact that the NJ case was a state-wide election for a federal position while this is a state-wide election for a state position?"

Both NJ and FL in 2000 involved STATE supreme courts. This decision by a panel of the 9th Circuit IS a federal matter already. That's why SCOTUS almost HAS to take it.

Michael

[Peach]

Good point about this being a federal decision already once the 9th Circuit got involved.