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"[O]nly the states have authority to appoint electors, in accordance with state law," the statement reads. 2:24 pm, Jan. 3, 2021 × Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D., announces his campaign for reelection on Monday, Feb. 17, 2020 in Fargo. Submitted photo MINOT, N.D. — North Dakotas two senators are so far non-committal on the efforts in Congress to overturn the results of the presidential election, but our states at-large member of the House of Representatives has just taken a decisive ...

Exact Fallout of Presidential Election Predicted in 2019 War-Game Paper Paper suggests use of 1887 act, congressional impasse leading to Pelosi as acting president News Analysis “It is Election Night 2020.This time it is all eyes on Pennsylvania, as whoever wins the Keystone State will win an Electoral College majority. Trump is ahead in the state by 20,000 votes… …In the morning, new numbers show Trump’s lead starting to slip, and by noon, it is below 20,000. Impatient, Trump holds an ...

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Mike Pence to overturn election Karen Ruiz and Nikki Schwab, U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo A federal judge has thrown out Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmerts lawsuit that had sought to give Mike Pence the power to overturn the presidential election during a formal count of the votes next week.   Texas US District Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump appointee, on Friday dismissed the suit, rulin...

January 2, 2021 11:02 a.m. A federal judge in Texas on Friday tossed out a lawsuit by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) that sought to overturn the results of the presidential election won by Democrat Joe Biden. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Kernodle issued an order dismissing the case after finding Gohmert’s alleged injury “far too uncertain to support standing.” The decision by the Trump-appointed judge comes after Gohmert and a group of President Donald Trump’s allies argu...

Constitutional Law Prof Blog The ruling in the frivolous case was not unexpected.  The case arose when Gohmert and self-appointed Trump electors from Arizona sued VP Pence, arguing that the Electoral Count Act violates the Electors Clause and the Twelfth Amendment, and that Pence has authority to determine which slate of electors to accept when he presides over the congressional count of electoral votes on January 6. The, er, novel argument turns on the plaintiffs, um, creative reading of the ...

Trump Loyalists Sue Mike Pence to Give Him Power to Overturn Election Results Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a Defend The Majority campaign event on December 11, 2020, in Columbus, Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage / Getty Images Vice President Mike Pence has come under heavy pressure from President Trump to back an unconstitutional scheme to overturn his election defeat in a joint session of Congress next week. According to multiple reports, advisers have repeatedly had to explain to the pre...

Trump unhappy DOJ stepped in to crush Gohmert lawsuit Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo President Donald Trump is unhappy that the Department of Justice responded on behalf of Vice President Mike Pence in a lawsuit filed by Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert that aims to give Pence the power to overturn the presidential election. The New York Times reported that Trump called Pence Friday morning to expres...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas and 11 Arizona Republicans that sought to force Vice President Mike Pence to essentially overturn the results of the election and hand it to President Donald Trump. U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump appointee, said Gohmert and his fellow Republicans lacked standing to sue. In what was always seen as a far-fetched effort by Trump allies to change the outcome of the presidential race, Gohmert had argued ...

Texas congressman suggests ‘violence in the streets’ after judge rejects bid to force Pence to overturn Biden’s win Elizabeth Thompson, The Dallas Morning News © Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS Congressman Louie Gohmert, R- Texas, speaks at the Freedom Caucus press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 8, 2020. WASHINGTON — East Texas congressman Louie Gohmert suggested that “violence in the streets” may be the only remaining option to block Joe Bide...

Pence says, A "suit to establish that the Vice President has discretion over the count, filed against the Vice President, is a walking legal contradiction."