In a cover letter, Floyd Abrams, CNN's attorney, asked the court to treat the application as a motion to reconsider the question, and also to consider making the audiotape of the argument available to the public on an expedited basis.
The lone Republican on the canvassing board, Jane Carroll, voted against the motion to reconsider the hand count, saying that she wanted a conclusion to the election and that the more ballots are handled the less integrity the election has.
The comments today by the judges suggested that they would at least order the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider the restrictions, setting in motion proceedings to relax these rules.
A motion to reconsider the confirmation was lost, 13 8.
The Senate's rules are notoriously complex and the vote last night was "on cloture on the motion to proceed", which means it sought to limit debate on a motion to actually reconsider the bill.
A motion was made to reconsider the bill at an unspecified later time.
James Craig, the lawyer representing the other relatives, said today that he was considering a motion for the court to reconsider the ruling.
By law, parties to the Supreme Court case have 25 days to file a motion to have the high court reconsider the case.
Casey Anthony's defense team filed a motion Monday asking the court to reconsider the death penalty, a direct response to a recent Florida court ruling in which a Miami federal court judge found the death penalty unconstitutional.
When James Carroll, a lawyer for the Republicans, who is not related to Jane Carroll, asked that the canvassing board officially act on the request to reconsider the recount, Judge Lee said, "The request dies from lack of a motion".
