Posted on 12/14/2020 6:05:00 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
An analysis by two prominent law professors published before the election concluded that if Electoral College votes remain in dispute after they are counted in Congress, the vice president, as presiding officer of the joint session, could choose not to allow certain disputed votes.
The scenario isn't entirely remote, with lawsuits challenging the results in six states and the possibility the U.S. Supreme Court could weigh in.
John Yoo of California-Berkeley and Robert J. Delahunty of St. Thomas University wrote in an analysis published Oct. 19 by the Claremont Institute that Vice President Mike Pence can refuse to count some of the votes if they remain disputed.
The professors concluded that the "constitutional structure" favors President Trump if Election Day "fails to result in a clear winner."
They cited the "unprecedented" circumstance of the COVID-19 pandemic on the election and envisioned a scenario in which "Trump appears to be the winner on the morning after Election Day, but a 'blue wave' begins in the days and weeks after, and Biden claims a belated, overtime victory."
Just the News reported Norman J. Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute called the professors' argument "ludicrous on its face."
Attorney Richard Roth of the New York-based Roth Law Firm told Just the News that while the essay "raises several very valid – and very controversial – issues, they all rest on one fact: the certification of election results."
The professors pointed to the Electoral Count Act of 1887, which establishes deadlines for the states to report their official results and for the 538 members of the Electoral College to meet.
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In the House, Pence was BFF with Paul Ryan.
50/50 if Pence will do what’s right.
Will VP Pence use a Dominion machine to manipulate the count to his desirable result?
Hopefully this mess gets straightened out before the ‘counting’ though...
You beat me by 11 seconds.
LOL...
Donald Trump’s Stealthy Road to Victory (Nov 6, 2020)
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/donald-trumps-stealthy-road-victory-172235
Not only will Trump be back in the Oval Office - it will be NUCLEAR WAR after that.
Yeah. I truly wonder about his loyalties, only because he is rather quiet.
Pence would be a shoo-in to succeed trump if he does the right thing here.
Mike Pence “The vote was close but these late electoral mail-in votes put Trump over the top”.
A showdown in Congress, On January 6th, 2021.
Take a marker, mark them all for Trump, count them, then tear them up and burn them. Announce Trump as winner.
l8r
Of COURSE VP Pence will do the right thing!!!
If Biden is sworn in, Harris has a 100 percent chance of becoming president. If Trump is still president, Pence has probably 80 percent chance of becoming president. If Biden is sworn in, Pence has a zero percent chance of ever becoming president.
I like your drama! Have you thought of becoming a playwriter?
[ Pence would be a shoo-in to succeed trump if he does the right thing here.]
Perhaps... however there are others at the top of my list for 2024. Namely, DeSantis and Noem.
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