Statute law can have no effect on the Constitution. The constitution is supreme, and congress cannot modify or change it by passing legislation.
Point being he has to accept what the states provided him as acceptable.
Not correct. He could say "I shall not be any part of this corrupt farce." And walk out. There isn't a legal thing they can do to him, he would have put the corrupt Biden regime in the correct historical light of being illegitimate and corrupt, he would have been a hero, and the world would be a better place.
Instead he decided to be a cowardly bitch who went along to get along and now he's worse than dirt.
And he will forever remain the stupid bitch who blew his chance at historical significance.
Wrong on your part.. Pence could have walked away and said F you... if that happened:
The framers of the Constitution assumed that the vice president would preside over the Senate on a regular basis, so the Senate would only need to elect a president pro tempore to fill in as presiding officer for short periods of time. That office was created in 1789.
In the absence of the vice president, the president pro tempore may administer all oaths required by the Constitution, may sign legislation, may jointly preside with the Speaker of the House when the two houses sit together in joint sessions or joint meetings, and may fulfill all other obligations of the presiding officer. Unlike the vice president, however, the president pro tempore cannot vote to break a tie in the Senate.