LINDA STOUFFER, CNN ANCHOR: On Friday, the nation's highest court sets squarely in the middle of the fight for the White House. The justices will hear oral arguments over the legality of Florida's hand counts. CNN national correspondent Bob Franken joins us live with more from the U.S. Supreme Court. Bob, good morning.</s>BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning. The Supreme Court justices, by the way, are going to let us see but not hear the arguments. It's an unprecedented decision by the chief justice, and presumably enough of the justices to go ahead. They record their arguments. Normally they're turned over to the archives. But as soon as the hearing is over, they will immediately, as quickly as they can, release the tapes. No television cameras, but we will be able to hear the audio recordings of the arguments that are going to occur, the justices apparently believing that it's OK to be a little bit electronic. Now, there were briefs filed yesterday by the Gore and Bush campaign. They were scheduled to file them. And in a nutshell, what you would have to decide is whether it's inappropriate that the Supreme Court is hearing this or whether it's necessary to avert a constitutional crisis. Those are the two points of view. We'll discuss them in detail on EARLY EDITION in a few minutes.</s>STOUFFER: OK, Bob Franken, we'll see you then. Thank you very much.
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