The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously denied Norm Coleman's request to prevent the state Canvassing Board from certifying the results of the recount until they deal with the issues regarding the 150 or so ballots (in Democratic areas) that they claim were counted twice.
They decided that Coleman just didn't have enough evidence, and what evidence they did have was circumstantial at best.
This law suit was really Coleman's last shot at winning this race. As of right now, he is trailing Al Franken by 46 votes, and the only votes that have not yet been counted are the 1,600 wrongfully rejected absentee ballots, which are expected to favor Franken (the Coleman campaign went to court to try and stop these from being counted).
The race will not be certified until January 5 at the earliest, and Franken should be declared the winner on or around that date. But the Coleman campaign has indicated that they will contest Franken's victory in court after it is certified.
This thing might drag on deep into January, and it looks increasingly likely that when the next Congress convenes on January 6, Minnesota will only seat one Senator--at least until this whole mess is finally resolved.
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