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Legal Monitor | Dec 29, 2020 | News | 4 File Photo - (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (JURIST) – Congressman Louie Gohmert and a group of Republican electors from Arizona filed a lawsuit on Sunday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, arguing that the Electoral Count Act is unconstitutional. The complaint asserts that the Electoral Count Acts dispute resolution provisions violate the Electors Clause and the Twelfth Amendment of the US Constitution. The complaint first claims tha...

No, Mike Pence does not have the power to disregard the Electoral College Print this article In a last-ditch effort to overturn the results of the presidential election, Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas is suing Vice President Mike Pence in the hopes that Pence will choose Trump-friendly electors when Congress meets next week to certify the Electoral College’s decision. The lawsuit is just the latest bit of nonsense being pushed by President Trump’s allies. Pence does not have the c...

By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX -- The head of the Arizona Republican Party is suing Vice President Mike Pence in a bid to give the election to Donald Trump. Legal papers filed Sunday and Monday in federal court in Texas ask a judge there to void laws which give the ultimate authority to Congress to decide which Electoral College delegates should be counted. But its not that Kelli Ward wants Arizonas 11 electoral votes to go for Joe Biden, as reflected in the official and certi...

Give Mike Pence Exclusive Authority on Which Electoral College Votes to Count: Lawsuit On 12/28/20 at 3:31 PM EST A group of Republican Trump supporters, including one Texas congressman, have filed a new lawsuit in a last-ditch attempt to overturn the election results, arguing that Vice President Mike Pence should ultimately decide which Electoral College votes to count when Congress meets January 6 to accept the election results. The suit, led by Representative Louie Gohmert of Texas, specific...

Gohmert suit may force Pences hand in effort to overturn Trumps defeat POLITICO 12/28/2020 By Kyle Cheney © Lynne Sladky/AP Photo Vice President Mike Pence waves as he walks off the stage after speaking at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit on Dec. 22. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and President Donald Trumps defeated electors from Arizona may force Vice President Mike Pence to publicly pick a side in Trump’s bid to overturn his 2020 election loss. Gohmert and a h...

Louie Gohmert sues Mike Pence in bid to overturn election results Follow Us Question of the Day Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2020, on oversight of the Justice Department and a probe into the politicization of the department under Attorney General William Barr. ... more > By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times -...

GOP Lawmaker Sues to Give Pence ‘Exclusive Authority’ Over Electoral College Votes Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) filed a lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence to give Pence “exclusive authority” to decide which Electoral College votes should be counted. According to the lawsuit (pdf), Pence has a role in the upcoming Jan. 6, 2021, joint session of Congress to count all 50 states’ Electoral College votes. Gohmert’s lawsuit was filed against Pence in his capacity as vice president,...

Trumps ultra-loyalists launch yet another lawsuit to overturn election: GOP representative Louie Gohmert and Arizonas Republican electors ask judge to rule that Mike Pence can pick which electoral votes count Rep. Louie Gohmert and Arizonas slate of Republican Electoral College electors are suing Vice President Mike Pence  The lawsuit, which was described by one expert as jaw-droppingly stupid, aims to give Pence the power to choose GOP electors over Democratic ones  On December 14, when memb...

GOP Lawmaker Louie Gohmert Sues Vice President Pence to Give Him ‘Exclusive Authority’ to Overturn Election Results Posted on Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) filed a lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence in a bid to overturn the election results, asking a court to give Pence “exclusive authority” to decide which Electoral College votes should be counted on Jan. 6. According to the lawsuit (pdf), Pence has a role in the upcoming Jan. 6 Joint Session of Congress to count all 50 states�...

Pence asks judge to toss Gohmert’s lawsuit seeking to change election results The vice president said in a brief the suit should be aimed at Congress, not him. Updated Thursday at 7:01 p.m. with Pence brief. Vice President Mike Pence has asked a Trump-appointed judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Rep. Louie Gohmert of Tyler and several other Republicans that aimed to allow Pence to overturn the results of the election. The lawsuit, by Gohmert and the Republican slate of electors from Arizona, asks ...