On November 20, Ralph Nader asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that said he must pay $82,102 in court costs from 2004. Pennsylvania is the only state that has ever removed a candidate from the ballot and then tried to charge him money for the costs of removal. The idea is so odd, there are very few relevant precedents. The U.S. Supreme Court has never heard a ballot access case from Pennsylvania; possibly this will be the first one. The case is Nader v Seroty, 06-696.