Pence isn’t going to lift a finger.
pence is part of the old gope and will do what mcconnell tells him to do. Short of a full blown revolt by us, biden will be sworn in. The old gope is fine with biden’s agenda. They are only too happy to sit back and bitch from the minority perch. Somehow they think that is a winning position. I personally believe we are watching the end of the gope.
Such authority does not exist to be defined:
[The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.]
As amended (12th):
[The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;–the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;–The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. [And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.–]The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.]
SCOTUS will reject this one, too, as jurisdiction is limited to “cases and controversies” and by extension requests for “advisory opinions” are by definition precluded. IMHO.
Hmmm...ask court to “define” or to “acknowledge”?
Democrat/commie÷RINO = TRAITOR.
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Excerpted from 12th Amendment: "[…] and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;--The President of the Senate [emphasis added] shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; […]"
Noting that I'm not up to speed with specific events regarding 1792 United States presidential election, here's some interesting wording from a contemporary article about about John Adams, Washington's VP, counting the electoral votes.
"It fell to John Adams, the vice president and presiding officer of the Senate, to count the ballots cast by the electoral college delegates." —C. James Taylor, JOHN ADAMS: CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS, UVA Miller Center
Consider that if you fill out your own federal taxes with long form tax deductions to pay unconstitutional federal taxes, then surely you can count 132 electoral votes by yourself.
Also consider that the 1864 Civil War reelection of President Lincoln established an Electoral College precedent by simply ignoring any electoral votes of the Confederate states, “states not in good standing” (my words). Minimum electoral votes needed to win Oval Office were probably adjusted.
"Because eleven Southern states had declared secession from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America, only twenty-five states participated in the election." — Presidential election of 1864.
This time around, instead of secession, the issue is organized, desperate Democratic vote-counting fraud.
Corrections, insights welcome.
I’m sure they will have standing and receive an expedited hearing.
Hasn’t this been adjudicated already, in relation to the Georgia case ?
So, all Pence has to do to resolve this... is cooperate with the court, and sign a consent decree... that surrenders the point to those suing him, while it allows him to re-write the laws as he prefers ?
Didn’t they just do this, in Georgia ?