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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 that the Electoral Count Act directs Vice President Michael Pence to count electoral votes for a State ...

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 constitutional right to disregard the states’ wishes and choose electors of his own liking, nor doe...

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 it's not that Kelli Ward wants Arizona's 11 electoral votes to go for Joe Biden, as reflected in the official and certified results. Instead, she wants the court to order that Pence has and must exercise unilateral po...

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, specifically seeks to have Pence reject the Electoral College votes from Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, M...

Gohmert suit may force Pence's hand in effort to overturn Trump's 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 Trump's 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 handful of the would-be electors sued Pence in federal court on Monday in a long-shot bid to throw...