The Supreme Court does not participate directly in the US presidential election, but it often has a very important role in determining who will become president. Can we expect the party to play such a role in this year's elections?
My conversations with friends in America and colleagues dealing with similar analysis in Poland suggest that a candidate who is dissatisfied with the results is unlikely to give up easily. Then we imagine that it is not an election team, but a team of lawyers who will sit down and look for any legal tricks that can be used for this opportunity. Both in state and federal courts, all the way up to the Supreme Court.
Will this affect the date of our meeting with the president?
The date by which election results must be sent and all doubts regarding the election results clarified is December 11. This is what is called a safe harbor, which is always regulated in the election calendar. The final number of votes cast must be announced by this date. Therefore, electoral votes can be awarded to them, so that a week later – this year on December 17 – electors can gather in each state's capital and choose their candidate.