New Jersey
I think the Forrester campaign is making a tactical mistake going to the Supreme Court.
On purely technical legal terms, I think they have a gripe of sorts. But ultimately, this is a political problem. And if you really believe the Dems have gotten away with dirty, possibly illegal, and certainly desperate tricks, why not make it a major issue the rest of the campaign?
Except if you go to the Supreme Court, and they turn down your request, it's effectively an endorsement of the New Jersey Dem shenanigans as fair -- and you've lost it as a campaign issue.
It might be better to keep that as a campaign issue, along with the fact that Frank Lautenberg has been wrong about damn near every important issue.
(Update) As John Fund notes, the Senate ultimately will be the judge of whether this election was conducted properly, and things could get really ugly. The cynic limited-government conservative in me isn't necessarily distressed by this though, since it will probably mean gridlock and a swing in public opinion against government.
(Update 2) The argument that federal courts should have no interest in a federal election because of the principles of federalism is a curious one to me. Not compelling, mind you, but curious.
[Posted at 20:30 CST on 10/03/02] [Link]
