GOP asks Supreme Court to decide NJ ballot issue Just like 2000, justices could affect course of national politics 10/04/2002 By DAVID JACKSON / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON - Once again, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have the future of national politics in their hands. Rather than the presidency, control of the U.S. Senate could wind up on the high court docket this time. Republicans on Thursday asked the justices to intervene in a New Jersey ballot dispute, saying the state Supreme Court acted illegally when it allowed a last-minute replacement candidate for Sen. Robert Torricelli....