Think people are underrating the possibility that the SCOTUS takes up this case, and holds that the original intent is that state legislatures DO have plenary authority over allocation of electors. That doesn’t overturn this election but sets the stage for a future GOP takeover.
https://twitter.com/johnkruzel/status/1337135543373733889
It would be hard or impossible for a state legislature to reassign electors this year without it being perceived as an outright coup. But if the Supreme Court changes the law, the DC political and media class will spend a few years treating this as just a new election twist.
That means, by the time 2024 rolls around, the previously unthinkable idea that a state would simply reassign its electors would be normalized, just like so many of Trump’s abuses were. Horse race coverage would simply reorient to PA legislative stuff - new rules, same game.
What people are missing is that the fact that Trump lacks the state legislative votes to overturn the PA and WI elections makes it MUCH easier for the Supreme Court to say those legislatures have the power to overturn those elections.
“We’re just clarifying a legalistic matter of constitutional intent, with no effect on the 2020 election result - who knows what the future may hold” would be the tone they adopted while eliminating popular democracy in the US
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