The US Supreme Court issued on Monday its order list for outstanding cases, including denied motions in submitted cases, and it excluded any decision on the Trump campaign’s case to exclude mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania.
No new grants from SCOTUS this AM, including no action on the PA absentee ballot case (which won't affect the outcome either way): https://t.co/ERchEr8H8a
— Matt Ford (@fordm) November 23, 2020
The SCOTUS order list is a summary of orders issued by the Court in outstanding cases brought before it. It can deny the cases or it can order specific actions for the cases to proceed. The order is typically compiled during conferences with the justices and indicate that the justices have found specific legal grounds to issue these orders. They do not come with opinions or votes.
In October, SCOTUS upheld a ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that allowed Pennsylvania to count mail-in ballots that arrived at election offices three days after Election Day.
While the list of orders doesn’t mean SCOTUS will not take up the case in the future, it will not take it up prior to December 4th, after Pennsylvania certifies its vote, making any decision moot. Also, the number of votes potentially impacted by the case would not change the outcome of the case.