First off, the likelihood that the court will hear the case is MUCH higher than many people (including so-called experts) are saying. The full court hasn’t gone on record as to their feelings on the matter, but since the USSC is the only venue for this type of case to be heard, Alito and Thomas are on record as believing that the court MUST accept all such cases. I just read what they wrote on that and they wrote it as part of a dissent on a case between states. The fact that others didn’t chime in and say they felt the same way does NOT in any way mean that others on the court don’t have a similar view. It merely means that they didn’t chime in on the dissent. I expect that there are others on the court (perhaps even a majority) that hold this view.
Either way, original jurisdiction makes this case much more likely to be heard than appeals to the court.
What will happen if the case is not heard is...nothing. It’s over. And really, IMHO, Trump’s challenges in the legal arena end there.
If it is heard, it could go a number of ways. They could hold hearings. They could even have a full blown trial, which is unusual in the USSC, but possible with this rare kind of case. Nobody knows.
But if they take the case, our cause lives on another day. If they don’t, we will immediately know just how hopeless things are, where we stand, and what needs to be done.
“If they don’t, we will immediately know just how hopeless things are, where we stand, and what needs to be done.”
Yep.
https://www.americanpartisan.org/2020/12/there-will-be-blood/