[plenipotentiary]

No, you have it backwards. 3 USC 15 says, “the President of the Senate shall call for objections, if any.” http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/3/usc_sec_03_00000015——000-.html

He asks. There are no circumstances when he doesn’t.

[jamese777]

No, you have it backwards. 3 USC 15 says, “the President of the Senate shall call for objections, if any.” http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/3/usc_sec_03_00000015——000-.html

He asks. There are no circumstances when he doesn’t.

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Any of the 535 members of Congress could have raised a point of order if the Vice President, in his role as President of the Senate had violated proper constitutional or congressional procedure. None did.

There was indeed a circumstance when the Vice President didn’t ask for objections to certification of the Electoral College vote, that circumstance was on January 8, 2009.

To date there have been no legal challenges to the Electoral College vote having been improperly certified in violation of the US Code of Laws under Title 3/Chapter 1/Section 15.