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Denzil_DC

(7,233 posts)
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 05:14 PM Jan 2021

Not now, Gohmert ...




Greg Stohr
@GregStohr

Amid all this, Rep Gohmert has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the congressional vote counting and issue an emergency order to block Pence from following the Electoral Count Act.


Gohmert Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Election Fight

A Republican congressman filed a last-ditch bid at the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse President Donald Trump’s election defeat, asking the justices to intervene just as protesters forced a halt to the joint congressional session that was set to ratify Joe Biden’s victory.

Representative Louie Gohmert of Texas asked the court to block Vice President Mike Pence from invoking the law that has governed the formal vote-counting session since the 19th century. Gohmert’s ultimate aim is to have the election decided by the House of Representatives, which under the 12th Amendment would vote by state delegations.

Pence said earlier Wednesday he has no power to reverse Trump’s defeat.

Four lower court judges -- all Republican appointees -- have summarily rejected Gohmert’s lawsuit, and the Supreme Court has already turned away two efforts to overturn Biden’s victory in pivotal states, each time without any public dissent. In addition, the justices have deferred acting on a Trump bid to overturn Biden’s win in Pennsylvania.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-06/gohmert-asks-supreme-court-to-intervene-in-election-fight


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Not now, Gohmert ... (Original Post) Denzil_DC Jan 2021 OP
FUCK GOHMERT spanone Jan 2021 #1
He is on the hook for sedition exboyfil Jan 2021 #2
who is going to hold him accountable? Skittles Jan 2021 #4
Merrick Garland exboyfil Jan 2021 #6
it would be a kind of poetic justice Skittles Jan 2021 #7
Uhmmm, uh, Louie.... You NEVER EVER give in to terrorists world wide wally Jan 2021 #3
FFS somebody gag him. Bev54 Jan 2021 #5
I've had it with you, Pyle! Blue Owl Jan 2021 #8

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
2. He is on the hook for sedition
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 05:16 PM
Jan 2021

He called for this type of violence and it happened. You just don't get to walk that back.

Skittles

(153,150 posts)
7. it would be a kind of poetic justice
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 05:37 PM
Jan 2021

but I am not holding my breath

the "let's move forward" bullshit has become SOP for Democrats

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