It precisely is a deadline.
And it doesn’t matter if you say “This isn’t a precedent” when it very clearly is. ALL Scotus rulings are.
I didn't dispute whether anything was a deadline. I don't know what you mean here.
"And it doesn’t matter if you say “This isn’t a precedent” when it very clearly is. ALL Scotus rulings are."
Not if the Supreme Court says otherwise.
"The recount process, in its features here described, is inconsistent with the minimum procedures necessary to protect the fundamental right of each voter in the special instance of a statewide recount under the authority of a single state judicial officer. Our consideration is limited to the present circumstances, for the problem of equal protection in election processes generally presents many complexities." - Bush v. Gore