I'm going to go out on a limb here...

[brooklynite]

With multiple Court rulings in multiple States going against the GOP, I don't think the Supreme Court is going to stick its neck out for Trump overturning the election results.

[Thekaspervote]

1. I agree, unless there is some actual case...highly doubtful

[empedocles]

2. Roberts will take a strong lead on this

Has seemed legacy conscious in the past

[Zambero]

11. Just keep Kavanaugh sufficiently boofed-up for the foreseeable future

When he comes to with a worst-case hangover, just give him some hair of the biting dog. Repeat daily as necessary.

[OAITW r.2.0]

13. +10 for the term "boofed-up" and the hangover cure.

[leftieNanner]

3. I don't either

They may have gotten their lifetime jobs from him, but they don't owe him anything. His reliance on "loyalty" doesn't always work out.

[PatSeg]

20. Exactly

Trump has no hold over them. Why should they tarnish their legacy for him?

[marble falls]

4. I think that's a reasonable assumption. They'd sure like to keep their jobs in the post-Trump world.

[honest.abe]

5. Agreed. I have been thinking this for quite some time.

Trump's challenge to the election will no doubt be baseless and I cannot imagine a majority of SCOTUS judges siding with a desperate foolish nonsensical argument to overthrow the decision of the voters in this country.

In fact I dont think the Trump campaign will even fight it if Biden comes out winning big tomorrow. Waste of effort and money.

[empedocles]

19. trump has forced his 'lawyers' to make baseless arguments to SCOTUS before.

['Presidential Immunity']

[ananda]

6. I agree.

Too many precedents for votes to be actually counted.

[TeamPooka]

7. They will keep their powder dry for Roe etc in the future

No Republican is going spend their own political capital on Trump after tomorrow.

[cbdo2007]

8. I dont' even think they'll take the cases. They will kick everything back down to lower courts...

so they don't have to.

[malaise]

9. Let me put it this way

The more Killa Con attacks them, the worse it is for him. The Supremes will not take orders from Killa Con.

ByeDon!

[elleng]

10. I tend to agree,

and more coming every minute; seen Gorsuch, re: Mask rule?

[relayerbob]

12. I agree

[flamin lib]

14. Peculiar things happen when a judge, conservative or liberal, is confirmed to the SCOTUS.

In most cases they become somewhat moderated. Not always, we have Clarence Thomas as evidence, but more often than not.

To be sure they do tend in the direction of their political bent but not as much as one might expect. It's like being promoted to a position that no one can correct your mistakes so you think extra hard about what you do. As long as there is a firebrand to promote the 'party line' they can offer moderation and sometimes side with the other wing of the court (there ain't supposed to be no wings on the SCOTUS but we all know better).

Justice Souter was appointed by Bush 41 and proved to be quite moderate. Chief Justice Roberts is acting as a swing vote and even Kavanaugh upheld LBGQ rights.

Is it bad for us? Yeah. Is it totally catastrophic world ending bad? Remains to be seen but I hold hope not as bad as some fear.

[empedocles]

21. alito is also scary ridiculous, although he gets under the radar more often

[AnnaLee]

15. If I were the Trump appointees to SCOTUS,

I would dream of the day that he was gone and not screaming that he and I made a deal for my nomination. Trump cannot fire them now and really has no way to collect on his investment. If he is gone their lives will be 1000% better than if he is constantly trying to extract favors from them in an endless extortion and twitter attack.

[enough]

17. Yes. And they probably think his stench will gradually leave them

if he’s not in office any more.

[safeinOhio]

16. By the end of the day Tя☭mp will say he going

to fire the Supreme Court.

[Brainfodder]

18. Republicans like bad people in high ranking employment to push around?