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I don't really know the conservative Justices' true situation as far as bribery, kompromat, activism, or whatever the hell else. They have made some rulings that don't track with being totally bought and paid for by pro Trump entities and willing to cavalierly burn it all down in Trump's service.
Actually, I get the impression they are unwilling to make rulings that will result in mass legal chaos, such as ruling in favor of the Independent State Legislature Doctrine argument they recently all but nullified.
Or another example, that Presidents and former Presidents are immune from prosecution which would toss many, many rulings over a wide span of time into the trash can and basically enable any president, not just Trump, to do whatever the fuck they wanted while simultaneously kneecapping the judiciary. (I'm assuming here that they don't believe Trump is guaranteed to become president for life).
My guess is that they will rule in such a way that doesn't break all kinds of things, make them look like a laughingstock, and also provide other states with a slam dunk to remove Trump from their ballots.
They will consider the argument of CO SC breaking Colorado law outside their jurisdiction (to avoid breaking everything), support the ruling that President is an officer of the US (to avoid looking like absolute clowns and also breaking everything). Beyond that idk.