GOP lawmaker sues Pence in bid to overturn Biden win

thehill.com ^ | 12/28/20 | John Kruzel

[Berlin_Freeper]

Vice President Pence was sued Sunday by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and several other Republicans in a far-fetched bid that appeared aimed at overturning President-elect Joe Biden's election win.

The lawsuit focuses on Pence’s role in an upcoming Jan. 6 meeting of Congress to count states’ electoral votes and finalize Biden’s victory over President Trump. Typically, the vice president’s role in presiding over the meeting is a largely ceremonial one governed by an 1887 federal law known as the Electoral Count Act.

But the Republican lawsuit, which was filed against Pence in his official capacity as vice president, asks a federal judge in Texas to strike down the law as unconstitutional.

[madison10]

what?! confused.

[RoseofTexas]

Oh reported by the Hill...extra causation required.

[philippa]

Guess they don’t trust him to reject the Dem electors.

[Lurkinanloomin]

There wasn’t much chance of that anyway.

[Berlin_Freeper]

What do we think of The New York Post?

[Coronal]

This makes no sense.

[nwrep]

Wouldn’t it actually be unconstitutional of Pence to reject the Dem electors from PA, WI, MI, AZ, GA?

[Carl Vehse]

Link to the “lawsuit”?!?

[philippa]

That’s my feeling, too. Pence has sais several times that this could go to Jan. 20 or beyond.

[philippa]

I don’t even want to think about that. If he’s planning on ending his political career, that would do it.

[Coronal]

Ask, and it shall be given you.

https://www.sidneypowell.com/texas

[whodathunkit]

Wouldn’t it actually be unconstitutional of Pence to reject the Dem electors from PA, WI, MI, AZ, GA?

That would depend on what the word 'lawful' means.

[Dr. Franklin]

This is only good for publicity. VPOTUS according to the Constitution is the President of the Senate, and according to the Twelfth Amendment receives the electoral votes and presides over the joint session of Congress where they are counted. Separation of powers prevents the courts from dictating how the process proceeds. VPOTUS is immune from injunctions and other attempts to use the judiciary to control his actions. If Congress doesn't like how he runs the election count he could be impeached, but that is about all that could be done, and its after the fact. This lawsuit will go nowhere.

[Vaduz]

That splashing sound you hear is beads of sweat from the democrats hoping Rino’s will do their job for them.

[In_Iowa_not_from]

The headline is a lie, which probably means the rest of the article is a lie. It’s from the sHill? Yes, definitely lies.

A correct title would be more like:

“GOP lawmaker sues Pence in bid to overturn Biden installation”

or

“GOP lawmaker sues Pence in bid to overturn Biden fraud”

win =/= steal

[RummyChick]

Someone theorized that this lawsuit is a set up. Yes, it will go nowhere. But will set the standard for when Pence takes action that the Courts can’t do anything about it.

I will fall over in shock if Pence does anything out of the ordinary on vote counting day...but hey..it could happen

[RummyChick]

Pence is in with the Bush family. His career is safe.

David Janda said Pence was the insurance policy. The dude claims to have inside information about the mystery envelopes

I dont know anything about him other than he hates Poppy Bush

[convoter2016]

I think this is just a way to pressure Mike Pence. Democrats aren’t in a hurry to offer their legal services to defend Mike Pence. Mike Pence doesn’t want to respond in court before January 6, keeping his plans secret from Trump and the Democrats.