[mass55th]

"I do not share your optimism that the Supreme Court will intervene in this case."

Didn't they refuse to step into the New Jersey Senatorial ballot issue (Lautenberg/Torricelli)? This was a clear violation of state law as well.

[ambrose]

Didn't they refuse to step into the New Jersey Senatorial ballot issue (Lautenberg/Torricelli)? This was a clear violation of state law as well.

Different issue. In NJ, a state court violated its own laws, whereas in this case a federal court is violating state laws. (And in Florida 2000, a state court was violating laws involving a federal election).