has filed a lawsuit in federal court trying to throw out an 1880s election law that governs Pence’s role in the process. Under federal election law, states send their electoral-college vote totals to Congress to be counted and confirmed. He could pull out those false Republican electoral votes and say he thought they were legitimate. Courts across the country have been dismissive of less outlandish challenges to election law. But unless the courts actually throw out a 150-year-old law, Pence will be relegated to an administrative role.

Source: Washington Post December 29, 2020 20:46 UTC