Here’s the bottom line: Donald Trump has said he has no intention of withdrawing as the Republican presidential nominee, and most legal experts say it would be extremely difficult — if not impossible — for the party to forcibly replace him at this point.

Nevertheless, there are two unlikely scenarios in which a Republican alternative to Trump could emerge.

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“It’s not like Pence automatically becomes the nominee,” said Nathaniel Persily, a constitutional law expert at Stanford Law School. “Remember poor old Ted Cruz?”

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“You will end up with lawyers on the other side saying, ‘This is ridiculous, you can’t allow them to game the system at this late stage,’” Persily said.