Ignore public perception for now. Focus only on key players.

1 We are claiming election fraud in court. (Many people in the past murmured and complained, but we are not playing around. We are going for blood requiring actual presentation of evidence and a verdict.)

2 The courts are going to have to rule only one of a handful of ways:

a. There was no provable fraud

b. There was fraud, but not enough to overturn election results.

c. There was fraud and overturn election results.

Option C: Game over. We win.

Option A: Pandora’s box. SCOTUS cannot choose this option because it would mean the end of voting as we know it. The roadmap for winning an election would be clear as day: Cheat, cheat, cheat. There are no consequences even if you are caught. Buy off tech companies to hack machines. Buy off poll workers to run thousands of your ballots. When these cheating operations cross paths in the wild, they will fight and probably kill each other. Your single vote will be almost meaningless when a candidate can buy 1,000 from a Chinese company on the cheap.

Option B: This is where I think many doomers see us ending up. But here is why I’m more optimistic. Sending Biden into the White House with the label of “cheater” significantly delegitimizes his win. Would Republicans who see themselves as a 80m - 65m popular vote winner go along with a SCOTUS decision so out of step with their understanding of democracy and the machinations of our government? Furthermore, if you acknowledge cheating DID occur, almost any remedy flips multiple states and the presidency to Trump. For Biden to win in this scenario, the court would have to say cheating DID occur, but offer no relief. This would make option B reallllllly close to option A. The 2022 election season would be blood sport. I’m talking dominion machines destroyed before Election Day. Campaign operatives openly changing votes and threatening poll watchers. Bribery inside precincts, any matter of soft intimidation of ordinary voters. Anything goes, really.

As I was saying, from a game theory perspective, option c is the only good choice for the health of the country. For one, it’s the truth and supports tenets of justice, law, and order. Yes, the Dems may have a freak out. But we all know they freak out all the time anyway.