[AnimalMuppet]

Supreme Court justices do not have party affiliations. They were appointed by a president who is a member of a party, but that is all. They don't have to worry about offending that president, or that party, because they don't face re-election. They are independent - very deliberately so.

And Supreme Court justices go "against" the party that appointed them all the time. The most recent major example that I can recall with no searching: Justice Roberts voted with the majority to strike down Louisiana's restrictive abortion law.

Look, I'm concerned about how the election is going to go. I'm concerned about Trump claiming victory and fraud. (Of course, I'm also concerned about Biden claiming fraud/voter suppression if Trump wins.) But the GOP does not control the Supreme Court in the way that you fear.

[bradgessler]

I’ll add that the Electoral College ultimately ends up casting the votes that elect the president. If things really went sideways and completely broke, they could cast their votes against their state’s wishes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector

[AnimalMuppet]

There was an interesting Supreme Court decision on that just this year. Basically, states can remove faithless electors.

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/06/885168480/supreme-court-rules...