That Crazy Court

Looks like the 9th Circuit is at it again:

A federal appeals court has blocked the October 7 California recall, but stayed its order for seven days to allow an appeal.

The ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals follows a hearing last week in which the American Civil Liberties Union sought a postponment of the vote.

The ACLU argued that election officials should have more time to replace antiquated voting machines in several California counties.

If Monday's ruling stands, the recall vote would be moved to March 2004.

Would this be good news for Gray Davis or Bustamante? I think it would then coincide with the CA primary, which ought to bring out a lot more Democrats than an off-year November election.

It'll be interesting to see a) If the Supreme Court interjects itself into another state election, and b) if they do, what weight Bush v. Gore has in the arguments.