I didn’t think there was any argument that that’s what the law says. But the PA Supreme Court ruled that they could abrogate it because of the ongoing emergency powers of the governor. The Republicans sued but the Supreme Court, led by John Roberts, refused to rule on the question until there was an actual tort. Alito said to stop counting but they went on anyway, I think. So this has been an ongoing saga. I don’t have any actual citations to give you, you’ll have to search for those yourself.
POTUS can use his own emergency powers. Disregarding the Sup. Ct. is a no-no. Lets see if anyone has the guts to file anything. By the way. what is Gen. Flynn’s status? Did the court order him the expedite things?
They went on counting AND then destroyed all the envelopes to prevent any audit