Posted on 01/01/2021 9:41:58 AM PST by Fawn
The House of Representatives is asking a court to reject a petition from Republicans that requests judges to say Vice President Mike Pence has the authority to reject some electoral votes.
“This Court should reject plaintiffs’ effort to overturn Congress’s centuries-old role in counting electoral votes and resolving disputes about them in the constitutionally mandated Joint Session,” the House said in an amicus brief on Dec. 31.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and other Republicans this week sued Pence, asking a judge to authorize Pence to pick Republican electors over Democratic ones. They said the U.S. Constitution gives Pence the “exclusive authority” to decide which Electoral College votes to count, and that a portion of the Electoral Count Act of 1877 is unconstitutional.
READ BEFORE SPEAK! Pence is not against the content of the claim! DOJ has advised, the challenge should be to Congress and Not to the VP. The VP is not a member of the arm of Government that is tasked, by the Constitution to rule! Even when he participates in the legislative process, he is there for a sole purpose under a particular set of circumstances, as called for in the Constitution! It isn’t his ball game, he is the replay guy in the both!
“But, you didn’t answer why we didn’t have a President Gore in 1981”...
I think you mean 2000... ?
The reason we didn’t have Gore as President in 2000... is that FREEPERS prevented it.
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