I’m no expert either. Since this has never happened, there’s no precedent on how to proceed. Perhaps the constitution and laws are unclear about it, because the presumption is that eventually the House of Representatives will have chosen a president.
But if Laurence Tribe is right, then it would be a situation where Democrats in the House could just run out the clock until January 20th, and never choose a president, to allow one of their own, Pelosi, to become President.
Folks like Rush Limbaugh, Hannity, Tucker and Laura Ingraham need to be talking about this now. It sure would be an incentive to vote AGAINST the Rats in House races. President Pelosi would no doubt scare a lot of Democrats.