I suspect the date was bumped up because the court is going to rule that PA so royally ruined the election that the election is voided and thus they will order the PA state house to appoint electors irrespective of the November vote.

I had previously suspected that they would declare PA ineligible from appointing electors, due to their being "no way to determine who actually won." Obviously, I think it's more than obvious who won, but the court I think will be reticent to render a verdict that more or less directly hands Trump the win (or Biden, for that matter). So as of last night I thought "they will declare PA can't send electors."

But moving the date of their ruling to the morning of the safe harbor day, I think it signals something else. If they were going to nullify their right to send any electors I don't see why Alito would move the date back to before the Safe Harbor day. So instead, they are acting in such a way as to give the state house time to handle things themselves.

Maybe I'm missing something, but that's how I see it.

edit: To be clear, I think the exact reason they bumped the date is because SCOTUS is going to do something against the natural flow of things thus far. If nothing is changed, then PA will go to Biden, and will be "locked-in" on the 8th.

So SOCTUS is going to make a ruling that will affect that on the 8th.

Again, that's how I see it and if so, then it's going to be a Trump legal victory in one capacity or another, it remains to be seen what the exact remedy is.

I suspect the date was bumped up because the court is going to rule that PA so royally ruined the election that the election is voided and thus they will order the PA state house to appoint electors.

I had previously suspected that they would declare PA ineligible from appointing electors, due to their being "no way to determine who actually won." Obviously, I think it's more than obvious who won, but the court I think will be reticent to render a verdict that more or less directly hands Trump the win (or Biden, for that matter). So as of last night I thought "they will declare PA can't send electors."

But moving the date of their ruling to the morning of the safe harbor day, I think it signals something else. If they were going to nullify their right to send any electors I don't see why Alito would move the date back to before the Safe Harbor day. So instead, they are acting in such a way as to give the state house time to handle things themselves.

Maybe I'm missing something, but that's how I see it.