The Republican's brief to the state Supreme Court contends that county-by-county variances on ballot counts violated due process.

Republican Norm Coleman asked the Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday to order the counting of at least 1,359 additional ballots and possibly thousands more in his U.S. Senate race or go so far as to throw out the election entirely.

Ignoring opponents' demands that he concede, Norm Coleman told the Minnesota Supreme Court Monday that a lower court got it all wrong when it ruled that Al Franken won the 2008 U.S. Senate election.

There is absolutely no doubt Norm Coleman will appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court now that he's lost his election contest.