Ya gotta love this for sheer stupidity:<\/p>\n
A group of Republicans led by Rep.\u00a0Louie Gohmert<\/a>\u00a0on Monday sued Vice President Mike Pence in an unusual gambit aimed at overturning President-elect Joseph R. Biden\u2019s election victory.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit claims Mr. Pence has the \u201cexclusive authority\u201d to decide which electors should be counted when Congress meets on Jan. 6 to finalize the results of last month\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n
The certification is a largely procedural issue overseen by the sitting vice president under an arcane law from 1887 known as the Electoral Count Act. That will put Mr. Pence in the uncomfortable role of announcing a Biden victory.<\/p>\n
Mr.\u00a0Gohmert<\/a>, Texas Republican, argued in the lawsuit that Mr. Pence\u2019s role in overseeing the election certification also gives him the authority to decide which electors are chosen. He says Mr. Pence can select the Republican electors, who support President Trump in five states where the election results were contested. [The Washington Times<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Really? Please not to confuse an administrative duty with a decision making duty; the two are very different.<\/p>\n
But perhaps this is really Rep Gohmert, et al, trying to tell Trump cultists that they are on Trump’s team, and please vote for them in two years. Personally, I think Gohmert’s lawyer, assuming he’s not doing this personally, should be asked about Section 11, under which lawyers are stripped of the right to argue in front of a judge because of filing frivolous lawsuits. It tends to cool off lawyerly epileptic fits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ya gotta love this for sheer stupidity: A group of Republicans led by Rep.\u00a0Louie Gohmert\u00a0on Monday sued Vice President Mike Pence in an unusual gambit aimed at overturning President-elect Joseph R. Biden\u2019s election victory. The lawsuit claims Mr. Pence has the \u201cexclusive authority\u201d to decide which electors should be counted \u2026 Continue reading