A likely event is the SCOTUS sides with Texas (and the others) and directs the states to correct their election via legislature. The Legislatures then all say ‘fine, we choose to select electors in accordance with the results of the voting already conducted’ and then it comes from the legislature. Argument gone, SCOTUS says ‘there ya go, now it’s okay, the result is the same. The GOP is then dead by suicide and Biden is sworn in as President of whatever country is left standing after that.
I agree. I just cannot see the Supreme Court changing anything though I really wish they would. They might agree on the merits but not in and way that would impact the selection of electors.
Yep, I agree, and have said the same thing elsewhere. I think, if SCOTUS decides in favor of Texas, they’ll just kick it back to the states to remedy.
Part of me, though, still thinks they’ll not even hear the case. I think it’s a long shot, but I hope I’m wrong.
But are these legislatures not republican dominant?
Agree!
I agree Pepsi_junkie that your description of events is most likely IF the Supreme Court even hears the case. I also agree that the state legislators will not have the fortitude to do what is right and determine that the number of illegal votes counted, which were counted despite lack of legislative authority as the legislature did not pass election law to allow for that and will roll-over and send Biden electors. However, I would propose that perhaps they can chicken out in another way. They could just refuse to send Trump or Biden electors stating that their state’s election results were too tainted by illegal voting to endorse either candidate. So say Pennsylvania sends electors for John Smith, Wisconsin sends John Jones, Georgia sends Stacey Abrams, and Michigan sends Jim Harbaugh. Then neither Biden nor Trump get the required 270 majority and the US House then elects the President by one vote for each state delegation according to the constitution and the Senate elects the VP. Now if the Georgia run off goes badly we could end up with Trump President and Biden or Harris VP. Given 2020 I could go along with that as the VP position was most accurately described by John Nance Gardner as “not worth a quart of warm spit!”