NPR's Nina Totenberg talks to Noah about today's US Supreme Court ruling on the presidential election. The justices set aside the Florida Supreme Court ruling which had allowing a later deadline for the counties to report their vote totals. The court in Washington asked the Florida court to explain whether its ruling was based on statutes or on the Florida constitution. The federal justices would give more deference to a state court interpreting state election law than to a state court relying on a more general right to vote.
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