DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN ANCHOR: The ultimate legal authority may be facing the ultimate legal dilemma.</s>DAVID HAFFENREFFER, CNN ANCHOR: The U.S. Supreme Court is nearing action on the Florida recount and Linda Stouffer joins us once again with an update.</s>LINDA STOUFFER, CNN ANCHOR: That's right, David and Deborah, election issues will reach the U.S. Supreme Court later this week, but all the paperwork starts today. Bob Franken is there live to tell us all about it. Good morning to you, Bob.</s>BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Linda. And the paperwork is due by 4:00 Eastern this afternoon. These are the arguments that will be presented by each side, arguments why this should be in the Supreme Court, why the Supreme Court should decide for or against the proposition that the recount in Florida should never have occurred, that the Florida State Supreme Court was incorrect. Both sides are being instructed to answer the Florida statue questions, the federal law questions and the constitutional questions. In particular, Linda, the question that was specified in the Supreme Court order: What will be the consequences of this court's finding? Which is a very, very big question -- Linda.</s>STOUFFER: And Bob, after all that has happened in the past three weeks, is there a sense that this will be the final, last, ultimate step for these questions?</s>FRANKEN: Well, I think about everybody has given up on the prediction game, but it really is a serious question whether this will be the court of last resort. There are an almost infinite number of scenarios, any number of possibilities about a Gore victory here versus whatever occurs in Florida; a Bush victory here versus whatever happens in Florida, et cetera, et cetera. We are going to talk at great length about that in about a half an hour or so on "</s>EARLY EDITION." STOUFFER: OK, we'll see you then. Bob Franken, thank you very much.
Election 2000: Briefs Due Today in Bush Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court