Legislators from five states asked Pence for 10 days to review the legality of the certification .... you know, the ones the Constiution gives sole authority to. This was doable since Jan 6 is an arbitrary date set by Congress, not the Constitution.
I don't know what or who gave Pence the authority, but he denied the requests from the state legislators.
He also stopped all objections when Congress reconvened after the "insurrection". Again, the authority to do this remains a mystery.
Maybe that was the states that they changed the voting laws in. The states by passed the state legislature which by constitution is the only ones that can change the laws. They should not have been able to certify it legally. Guess that’s what they wanted pence to look at.
What gave the individual legislators the authority to speak for the body as a whole?
I don't know what or who gave Pence the authority, but he denied the requests from the state legislators.
He had no authority to grant those requests.
He also stopped all objections when Congress reconvened after the "insurrection". Again, the authority to do this remains a mystery.
On the contrary, there were two objections filed - against Arizona and Pennsylvania. In both cases Pence paused the proceedings and sent the members back to their respective chambers to debate and vote on the objections.