Back on the beat after a few days offline — just in time for this new filing from Rep. Mike Kelly et al. asking to stay the PA Supreme Court decision rejecting their election challenge pending them taking this to SCOTUS: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7333… 
This is the case filed last month that challenged a PA law expanding mail-in voting that was passed in the fall of 2019 — the PA Supreme Court tossed it on the grounds that they waited far too long to go to court, given the timing -->
https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1332828378999779330
The PA Supreme Court has denied Rep. Mike Kelly et al.'s request to stay the decision against them while they try to take the case to SCOTUS (doesn't look like they've filed something yet, per the docket online)
The first post-election case has reached SCOTUS — GOP Rep. Mike Kelly et al. (Trump campaign isn't a party) have taken up their challenge to a PA law passed in Oct. 2019 expanding mail-in voting. PA Supreme Court had ruled they waited far too long to sue. assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7334…
At this point, they're asking for an injunction to stop PA state officials from doing anything to make Biden's win official, and if it's already happened, to nullify it — an extremely big ask, to say the least. PA certified the results and the gov. signed the certificate on 11/24
Notably, Justice Alito (who handles emergency actions out of the 3rd Circuit) ordered a response by Dec. 9, per the court — the day *after* the federal safe harbor deadline for state election results. This is significant.
The response in Kelly's case is due in six days, which means any action by the justices will take even longer. SCOTUS can move way faster if it wants to: Bush v. Gore came up on 12/8/00, argued 12/11/00, decided 12/12/00 — in time to meet the federal safe harbor deadline
It's possible (anything is possible) SCOTUS could still blow up the PA election, but doing it after the safe harbor deadline makes things more complicated. So it's fair to take this as a sign that it's at least less likely than if Alito had ordered a response before the deadline
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