GOP lawmaker sues Pence in bid to overturn Biden win

[Gothmog]

Source: The Hill

Vice President Pence was sued Sunday by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and several other Republicans in a far-fetched bid that appeared aimed at overturning President-elect Joe Biden's election win.

The lawsuit focuses on Pence’s role in an upcoming Jan. 6 meeting of Congress to count states’ electoral votes and finalize Biden’s victory over President Trump. Typically, the vice president’s role in presiding over the meeting is a largely ceremonial one governed by an 1887 federal law known as the Electoral Count Act.

But the Republican lawsuit, which was filed against Pence in his official capacity as vice president, asks a federal judge in Texas to strike down the law as unconstitutional. The GOP plaintiffs go further: They ask the court to grant Pence the authority on Jan. 6 to effectively overturn Trump’s defeat in key battleground states.

Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/531823-gop-lawmakers-sue-pence-in-bid-to-overturn-biden-win

[Gothmog]

1. From Marc Elias

Link to tweet

[CatMor]

3. Unfortunately there are some other republicans in congress..

on the same level as Gohmert.

[Moostache]

2. I am going to sue Gohmert for offending my sensibilities and making me question human intelligence.

That semi-sentient pet rock in a suit is a disgusting affront to the species.

[niyad]

14. Why do you hate pet rocks?????

[EndlessWire]

17. Send him a California Turd Bird.

Decades ago, someone took cow patties, stuck faces on them, and sold them commercially. An amazing enterprise. Beat pet rocks by a mile.

[niyad]

20. I missed those! But, have always had fond memories of the weather rocks. I got some for our

local weather guessers, suggesting that it might improve their accuracy.

[jmowreader]

27. Have you ever seen a Montana Wind Gauge?

It's six feet of log chain (which weighs between 6 and 8 pounds per foot) hung vertically. If it's parallel to the ground, the wind is blowing.

[niyad]

28. Darn, I missed that one!

[getagrip_already]

23. When I visited AK.....

You could buy polished (lacquered) moose turds as a souvenir. They were actually pretty cool.

Clearly the gop thinks they can do the same with stupidity, Of course, with trump voters, who can say they are wrong?

[samsingh]

4. the tragedy is that these anti-American, anti-Democratic traitors are winning elected office

[cstanleytech]

5. Personally I think that the Courts should start fining the lawyers and plaintiffs for

this ridiculousness to try and overturn this election.
Not to mention the lawyers licenses should be suspended for atleast 6 months if not longer.

[LudwigPastorius]

6. I know Gohmert is a drooling cretin, but...

that drooling cretin took an oath to support and defend the Constitution, not to try to abrogate it.

That motherfucker, and anyone else who breaks their oath, should be subject to expulsion for sedition, and disloyalty to the United States.

[KS Toronado]

7. Grant Pence the authority..... overturn Trump's defeat????? WTF ?????

Leave it to republiCONs, all future presidential elections to be determined by ONE PERSON, the VP?
These repugs are truly insane, why didn't they think of this when Jimmy Carter lost his reelection bid?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Texas must be so proud

[bucolic_frolic]

9. My money's on the Space Force

and these GOPhers are the first Space Cadets

[abqtommy]

10. These reTHUG idiots need to be hospitalized at a secure location and kept in restraint while

they're heavily sedated!

[liberalmuse]

11. Texas desperately needs to clean house.

Maybe they could start with election reform and only allowing voting machines that have a paper trail. I know Texas does not deserve the POS "representatives" they now have. They are the worst!

[beachbumbob]

12. Once again laughable.

[DeLurkor]

13. Louie Gohmert Dumbest Man in Congress Not Named Steve King.

Not mine but it fits.
Spell Check thinks Gohmert should be Ohmmeter. Zero resistance in the cranial area.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

25. He once accused Eric Holder

of "casting aspersions on my asparagus". WTAH???? Goomer the Tumor.

[Lock him up.]

15. Hey, gomeRde:

Here's how elections work in a democracy of 'We The People': The losers accept their defeats, look at what they did wrong, and try again next time if they are eligible.

Here's how elections work in a fascist dictatorship of a gangsters' regime: The losers think they did nothing wrong, look at how they could overthrow the choice of the majority of 'We The People' and think they are above the law, that they R the law. King George was one of those.

Now STFU or you risk getting sued for sedition pretty soon, like the rest of your gangsters' Regime.

[Ponietz]

16. 'Far-fetched' is a lie

It’s sedition and treason.

[PoliticAverse]

18. Oh yeah, like that'll work. n/t

[Ford_Prefect]

19. One more example of why these guys should be removed from Congress and prosecuted for treason.

It's one thing for a guy on the next bar stool to opine this sort of thing especially after a few beers. It's another for those with responsibility for the lives of their voters and neighbors to so act in public and declare unlawful a system that granted them the same positions which they now abuse in contempt of the Constitution they seek to overturn.

They belong not in Congress but in prison. They are the public shame of GOP hubris.

[monkeyman1]

21. republican loser's club

REP. L. GOHMERT { A.K.A.} GOMER -R. -TEX

[oldsoftie]

22. Jeeze I woulda bet this would come from GAetz. nt

[Gothmog]

24. Juanita Jean is amused

From Juanita Jean https://juanitajean.com/louie-19/

Oh Y’all, oh. oh. oh.

Louie has sued Vice President Mike Pence. In court. Where lawyers hang out. No kidding.

This is all about the Vice President’s ceremonial role on January 6th, consisting of having the Congress count states’ electoral votes and finalize Joe Biden as the winner of the election.

But the Republican lawsuit, which was filed against Pence in his official capacity as vice president, asks a federal judge in Texas to strike down the law as unconstitutional. The GOP plaintiffs go further: They ask the court to grant Pence the authority on Jan. 6 to effectively overturn Trump’s defeat in key battleground states.

Now, not even getting into the constitutionality of this, think about what happens next – if this is the new law, then one party has the power to overturn every election from now to eternity because they’ll just keep appointing themselves after the election.

But, if you want to get into the constitutionality, we can do that. I’m pretty sure that the constitution does not allow the vice president to overturn an election. Pretty damn sure.

[Gothmog]

26. Louie sought to reach an agreement with Pence prior to filing suit

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

29. Gohmert's lawsuit was dismissed

Link to tweet

Here is a link to the opinion
https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2020/12/show_temp.pl_-2.pdf