U.S. Supreme Court refuses to review the Pennsylvania election cases. Apparently, No standing before an election, but moot after. The only supporting were Justices Alito, Gorsuch, and Thomas from the denial. Justice Thomas as least provided a scathing rebuke to not taking the case.
Bloomberg reports:
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away eight appeals stemming from the 2020 presidential election fight, dealing a series of rebuffs to former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies.
The rejections include appeals filed in December to try to overturn President Joe Biden’s election victories in five key states. The court had signaled months ago it wasn’t interested in hearing the appeals, which claimed without foundation that Biden’s wins were the product of widespread fraud, caused in part by the use of mail-in ballots.
The court also turned away two Pennsylvania appeals that conservative justices had previously indicated they might agree to hear and that might have reset the rules for future presidential elections. Republicans argued that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court unconstitutionally usurped the power of the state legislature by allowing three extra days for ballots to arrive because of the pandemic and anticipated mail delays.
Three conservative justices — Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch — said they would have heard the Pennsylvania case, but they were unable to secure the needed fourth vote.
The outcome suggests that Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Justice Amy Coney Barrett voted to reject the appeals. Neither made any comment. Kavanaugh previously indicated he disagreed with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision.