GOP Lawmaker Sues to Give Pence 'Exclusive Authority' to Overturn Election Results
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 ...
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