OK 4th grade level .... as best I understand it is this.....When a case gets referred to the Supreme Court under normal conditions they would need at least 4 judges to review and accept.  When time is of the essence a single SC justice is assigned and has power to accept the case.  Soooo...basically anything referred in these areas will asuredly be accepted and thus heard by the Supreme Court.  Cases from WI, MI, PA, GA have a clear path.