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Vice President Mike Pence has often pledged loyalty to the Constitution, and on January 6 he should stand up for it and the unborn. Under the Twelfth Amendment, Pence, in his role as President of the Senate, is responsible for deciding the integrity and validity of the Electoral College votes for president. “The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted,” commands the Twelfth Amendment. Under this provision of the Constitution, the congressmen and senators are to be assembled as...

Todd Herman: Please explain this logic to me By December 30, 2020 Todd, I believe it was you guest-hosting on the Hannity radio program recently, on December 28. Your topic at one point was the “election,” voter fraud, Donald Trump’s ill-fated attempts at receiving justice for us all (at least 75 million of us who voted). Our President not having standing… etc, etc, etc. You mentioned the Supreme Court (an entity I almost no longer believe need be “capitalized.”) and their fears surrounding all of this. So, please click the email link provided at the bottom of this article and expl...

Trump Calling Supporters To Capitol For ‘Wild Time’ When Electoral Vote Is Ratified Photo by Darron Birgenheier/ CC BY-SA 2.0 Reprinted with permission from Alternet On Jan. 6, Mike Pence is scheduled to sit down in front of the Senate in his role as president of that body. Pence will open up the box of votes. Then Joe Biden officially wins. It's an absolutely ceremonial role, defined under the Twelfth Amendment in these terms: The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall ...

POLITICO How Congress and coronavirus could quash Trump's Electoral College gambit Leadership has a potent arsenal to combat efforts to turn the electoral vote counting session on Jan. 6 into a spectacle — if they deploy it. There's little doubt that Joe Biden will be certified as president by the end of the day on Jan. 6 or in the wee hours of Jan. 7, but President Donald Trump's allies could cast a cloud over the process. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images Link Copied President Donald Trump’s last-gasp bid to overturn his 2020 election defeat appears doomed on Jan. 6, when Congress is set to ce...

comments 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 president that the vice president's role is merely ceremonial. Trump has lost every legal challenge after failing to show evidence of widespread fraud or irregularities and is now "laser-focused" on Jan. 6, when Pence will preside over a joint session of Congress to formally count the electoral votes, as his "last stand ...