The NY Times reports that the Nevada Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the question at 4:30 pm today, with the debate scheduled for 9 this evening. Though the Times report mentions a number of issues, including preemption and federal communications law, Bill McGeveran explains that the trial court decided this on the basis of the breach of a contract to include Kucinich in the debate. Stay tuned. UPDATE: The Nevada Supreme Court has reversed, unsurprisingly. I have no quarrel with the preemption analysis. But as an occasional teacher of Contracts, and a Remedies teacher, I am not sure I agree that the contract lacked consideration. Just showing up at the debate would be consideration enough. The real answer on the contract claim is likely that the offer was rescinded before there was acceptance by performance.