I think an “orientation” that brought the Executive Branch to the Judicial Branch was, possibly, a little tutorial on Constitutional Crisis, mathematical probabilities, *international law, acts of war, and partly current national security implications, (Intel), if justices are left ignorant of modern Chinese capabilities in infiltration methods, via voting machine technology, and Law.
Trump is petitioning as a candidate. I think his petition was secondary, if even mentioned.
That meeting was likely void of persons and names and full of law and the powers of correction.
I had actually wondered how these Justices could make certain that their decisions were Informed ones.
There’s no book for this kind of crisis. And, if that azz Biden can be shared classified intel, and the Legislative Branch is in Limbo, then Judicial needs a clue.
Lawyer to lawyer. No?
Might get by with Military Intel giving some sort of background. The justices themselves could be asking for information to help them understand the technology or something perhaps.
However, any meeting involving the principals or attorney of one of the principals without the opposing team represented is ex-parte and not supposed to happen.