270-265 is a best case scenario, presuming the GOP wins both Georgia seats.
Second, those two totals are irrelevant. If the joint session can't resolve electoral count disputes, then the two chambers meet separately to determine which slate of electors to count for each state with multiple slates.
My point was, the Joint Session WILL resolve any disputes in favor of the Biden slates.
My point was, the Joint Session WILL resolve any disputes in favor of the Biden slates.
How would that work in practice? (I can't find specifics in the Constitution, amendment, and EV counting Act.) If a state sends opposing slates, there are provision conflicts across the Constitution, amendment, and the EV counting Act (and its amendments). Will each Congressmen vote on which slate to choose? If so, then the vote will likely cling near the party line 270-265 that you indicated (or even worse for Trump, given so many RINOs). Or is there a minimum threshold of joint-session Congressmen who must pick a specific slate in order to count that state's electoral votes? The Constitution and EV counting Act are mum on that.
That brings up other interesting questions: Why are there lots of RINOs ... but no DINOs? Why is it always a Republican SCOTUS Justice who morphs into a swing Justice ("The Blue Line": O'Connor, Souter-->swing-->left-wing, Kennedy, Roberts) but never a Democrat Justice?And why did Republican Chief Justice John Roberts suddenly veer to join the liberals? Do you think Sleepy Joe called up Roberts and said: Look, here's the deal. C'mon, man!