JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: The Miami relatives of the Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez are making what could be their final attempt to keep him in the United States by appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court. CNN senior Washington correspondent Charles Bierbauer joins us now with details -- Charles.</s>CHARLES BIERBAUER, CNN SR. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: Judy, this is now moving very quickly and there are two reasons for that. The injunction which is keeping Elian and his father in the United States is scheduled to run out Wednesday afternoon, and also, the Supreme Court justices are scheduled to wind up their term this week. And so what has been asked by Elian's relatives in Miami is two things: one, to extend the injunction which would prevent Juan Miguel Gonzalez from taking his son back to Cuba; and, two, to grant a hearing on the appeal of the ruling from the lower court, the 11th Circuit Court which said that the INS acted within its rights when it denied Elian a hearing for asylum. So they would have to ask the justices first to keep them here and then second, to put this case on their calendar in the fall, which is obviously an extended period of time. Now, let me throw out one scenario, and it's only a scenario. The Justice Department says it will file its response tomorrow. This is very quick. They could take 60 days, I suppose, before they do this. That means that the justices when they sit on Wednesday in their weekly conference to consider upcoming cases could, and I must emphasize could, come to some conclusion on this. All this has the potential to move quickly because of this Wednesday deadline. And one other thing, Justice Kennedy, because he oversees the 11th Circuit, is the one who has the initial response on the injunction.</s>WOODRUFF: And when the -- again, when the Supreme Court considers this, it will have both sides -- both views, the U.S. court views and the other views.</s>BIERBAUER: It will have both views on Wednesday, it has the injunction. If it decides to hear the case, then we are looking at a protracted period of time.</s>WOODRUFF: All right, Charles Bierbauer, thank you very much.
Miami Relatives of Elian Gonzalez Make Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court