[tarpit]

Thank you for the clarification. Based on source I was under the impression that if the case is not an original jurisdiction case, then SCOTUS may punt it as it could be heard in a different venue.

[Dr. Franklin]

Article III, Section 2:

In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.

FYI "consul" in ancient Rome was one of two elected chief magistrates in the Republic. POTUS could easily be considered a consul such that a question over presidential electors is in SCOTUS's original jurisdiction. Again, unprecedented but possible.