This article explains it pretty well. Basically, the PA legislature said VBM can ONLY happen if ONLY those ballots received by 8pm Tuesday are counted. The PA judiciary, just before the election, said, "Naw, because of COVID, we will let ballots come in for days afterwards" Team Trump asked SCOTUS to strike this down. They said, "we arent sure we want to get into a State election fight, especially if we dont have to. But to be on the safe side, set ALL the ballots that come in after 8pm Tuesday aside so we can make a ruling if we have to." Quite logical, if Trump had won PA (which he did, who are we kidding?) then there is no need for them to step in. But PA didnt do that. They threw ALL the ballots together and basically triple dog dared SCOTUS to do something about it. So they did. Alito issued an order for PA to appear before them today at 2pm and explain why they didnt do what SCOTUS ordered them to do.
Now, when you go to court and the judge orders you to do something and you don't, what happens the next time you go to that same court? They rule against you. Plus, this time there is a full bench and at least five judges who believe that the legislature, being the elected representatives of the people, is where laws should originate, not the judiciary. The PA legislature was quite clear. VBM was an all or nothing deal. If the provision all ballots to be in hand on 8pm election day, the entire law allowing VBM is invalid. So if SCOTUS follows the law, which there is a 5 out of nine chance that they will, they must invalidate every single vote that came in after 8pm Tuesday. Thus Trump's lead in PA goes back to 600K and he carries the state.
PA is almost a dead certainty for Trump. It doesnt mean the whole enchilada, but its a big piece of it, being the biggest prize still in the pot. Team Trump is almost equally confident about AZ, and are hard at work in the other states as well.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/why-trump-will-triumph-pa-litigation
This article explains it pretty well. Basically, the PA legislature said VBM can ONLY happen if ONLY those ballots received by 8pm Tuesday are counted. The PA judiciary, just before the election, said, "Naw, because of COVID, we will let ballots come in for days afterwards" Team Trump asked SCOTUS to strike this down. They said, "we arent sure we want to get into a State election fight, especially if we dont have to. But to be on the safe side, set ALL the ballots that come in after 8pm Tuesday aside so we can make a ruling if we have to." Quite logical, if Trump had won PA (which he did, who are we kidding?) then there is no need for them to step in. But PA didnt do that. They threw ALL the ballots together and basically triple dog dared SCOTUS to do something about it. So they did. Alito issued an order for PA to appear before them today at 2pm and explain why they didnt do what SCOTUS ordered them to do.
Now, when you go to court and the judge orders you to do something and you don't, what happens the next time you go to that same court? They rule against you. Plus, this time there is a full bench and at least five judges who believe that the legislature, being the elected representatives of the people, is where laws should originate, not the judiciary. The PA legislature was quite clear. VBM was an all or nothing deal. If the provision all ballots to be in hand on 8pm election day, the entire law allowing VBM is invalid. So if SCOTUS follows the law, which there is a 5 out of nine chance that they will, they must invalidate every single vote that came in after 8pm Tuesday. Thus Trump's lead in PA goes back to 600K and he carries the state.
PA is almost a dead certainty for Trump. It doesnt mean the whole enchilada, but its a big piece of it, being the biggest prize still in the pot. Team Trump is almost equally confident about AZ, and are hard at work in the other states as well.
Hope this helps
Thank you for this response!! This makes sense. What do we know about the other states like MI, and Wisconsin?