Trump's endgame for the next month

[David__77]

56. That could be parliamentary rulings.

For example, a paper (https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/92112/OSLJ_Online_V81_203.pdf) states about the 2001 session presided over by Gore:

In 2001, Vice President Al Gore stopped a co-partisan from speaking about the presidential election Gore was about to lose and ruled that any objection or other matter must be presented in writing by a senator and representative to be considered. Gore repeatedly ruled speeches by his supporters improper and objections to Florida electors of his opponent, Governor George W. Bush, insufficient since not signed by a senator as well as a member of the House. In 2017, Vice President Joe Biden repeatedly stopped debate and ruled out of order objections against electoral votes in favor of Republican Donald J. Trump for want to a senator co-signing the objection.

So, there may be ruling in line with the statute. I imagine that Gore or Kerry could have ruled otherwise, permitted delivery of non-written objections, for instance. I get the conclusion of the cited article which states: "The President of the Senate has only tightly
constrained, formal authority, and lacks discretion to make self-interested, dispositive rulings."