Supreme Court Rejects Pennsylvania Appeal, Appears to Indicate They Won’t Get Involved in Election at All

This is unbelievable.

CNN:

The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to block certification of the commonwealth’s election results, delivering a near fatal blow to the GOP’s long-shot bid to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

The Supreme Court’s action is a crushing loss for Trump, who has frequently touted the high court’s potential to overturn his election loss.

Just hours before the court’s order was released, Trump made a direct appeal to state officials and members of the Supreme Court to assist him in his efforts to subvert the will of voters, as he continually and falsely suggested there was massive voter fraud during the election.

“Let’s see whether or not somebody has the courage, whether it’s legislators or legislatures or a justice of the Supreme Court or a number of justices of the Supreme Court,” Trump said. “Let’s see if they have the courage to do what everybody in this country knows is right.”

Tuesday’s one-line order was issued with no noted dissents or comment from any of the nine justices. The court is made up of six conservative justices — including Trump’s three nominees — Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — and three liberals.

The order marked Barrett’s first vote on an election-related dispute.

The quick action with no public dissents (justices may choose whether to announce their dissent) is a signal the Supreme Court may not want to get involved in the ongoing Trump challenges, said Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and University of Texas Law professor.

“The fact that the justices issued a one-sentence order with no separate opinions is a powerful sign that the court intends to stay out of election-related disputes, and that it’s going to leave things to the electoral process going forward,” Vladeck said.

“It’s hard to imagine a more quietly resounding rejection of these challenges from this court,” Vladeck added.
Tuesday marks the “safe harbor” deadline for the state under federal law. That means that when Congress tallies the electoral votes in January, it must accept electoral results that were certified before the deadline.

Imagine Amy Two Names skipping this, after all of that.

If I had to guess, I would guess that the SCOTUS is going to have to rule on something before this is over. I don’t think that as an institution, they can keep their legitimacy without deciding the election, even if they decide it in favor of Biden.

Furthermore, without a SCOTUS ruling, the Biden presidency itself has no legitimacy.

However: maybe they are not concerned about keeping their legitimacy?

After all, if Biden is installed as president, none of this other stuff matters. You’re looking at a monolithic mega-state ruled by one party, so obviously all of the checks and balances become pointless, and will thus be systematically removed.

It is possible that the Democrats are comfortable not having any kind of legitimacy, and simply ruling with an iron fist.

That should scare you.