To me it seems that each Congress-critter’s oath to the US Constitution and the clear failure of certain states to follow their own legislature’s rules for choosing electors - combined with an adequate length of time to consider how that all ties together - means that Congress members had a duty to not accept “electoral votes” that did not Constitutionally qualify to BE electoral votes.
I see what you’re saying about the procedures being followed - EXCEPT that the procedure outlined specifically in the Constitution is that ELECTORAL VOTES CHOSEN BY THE PROCESSES PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURES be counted. That was never done.
It’s a little bit like the Pharisees’ rules about titheing being followed even when they overrule what the Lord Himself actually said about caring for family members first. The Constitution is above all procedures and when the lower procedures are followed in violation of the Constitution’s clear procedures, the Constitutional procedures have NOT been followed, even if all the procedural dance around the actual Constitution has been done.
Yep.
That’s why I argued the “process”.
I hope that Alito, Thomas, et.al will think along the same lines.