This is an election to the US Senate not the state Senate. The requirements, method of election, and length of term of US Senators is specified in the United States Constitution. Not only is this a federal issue, it is one of the most important issues that can come in front of a federal court. The legislative branch of the federal government is a co-equal branch to the executive and judicial branches. If the state laws and procedures for electing electors to the Electoral College are grounds for filing lawsuits in federal court, surely the election laws and procedures for electing US senators and representatives are also grounds for filing lawsuits in federal court.
Yes it is, but show me the federal law or part of the Constitution NJ broke. I can easily see where Florida went wrong with completely ignoring 3 USC 5 which specifically states that they can not change the rules after the fact. But this only applies to the Presidential Election. Show me EXACTLY what federal code or part of the Constitution was violated in this ruling. I hope you find something, but 2 USC covering the election of Senators and Representatives is very short on requirements.
Bull SH*T. All the SCOTUS is going to do is extend the time limit for military ballots.
Lautenberg is on the ballot for the Democrats and Forrester for the Republicans. That is what is going to happen.
When a year from now Lautenberg comes down with old age, he will retire and the Torch will be apointed to take his place. Get used to it. That is going to happen.
The reason they are running the retired lautenberg is he was the only on who would agree to retire so they could appoint torch back to the office.
The torch would not step down unless they guaranteed he would be appointed to the office when Lautenberg retires the second time.