Don’t believe anyone who claims to know how the Supreme Court will rule in the election mess. Despite all the handicapping by so-called legal experts on TV, it’s a good bet that few, if any, of the justices know yet which side they’ll come down on after this Friday’s hearing. The decision they have to make is whether Florida’s Democratic Supreme Court wrongly rewrote state law when it extended the hand-count deadline and required the results to be included in the state’s official tally. The answer is not self-evident–though the Republican lawyers who brought the appeal have a heavy burden of proof to shoulder. The justices are no doubt aware that their ruling could determine, once and for all, the outcome of the presidential campaign. Their opinion could be surprising–and, despite differences the justices might have behind closed doors, they will probably strive to achieve unanimity.