The court was stuck in a 4-4 tie last week.
Pennsylvania Republicans are again asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and keep the state from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day, in what could be a critical case in determining the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, with Judge Amy Coney Barrett likely playing a crucial role in what could be her first vote as a Supreme Court justice. Barrett, who is expected to be a solidly conservative justice, will likely be confirmed to the Supreme Court this week. Her confirmation seems especially certain after Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) announced Saturday she would be voting “yes” on Barrett’s confirmation. Murkowski was the only Republican to vote against President Donald Trump’s previous Supreme Court nominee, now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
