5 Aug 2023 8:05 am
Electoral Count Act of 1887... it was a law on the books for 135 years... Trump followed the law .... Pence could have sent the votes back to the states, and it was such a thorn in the Democrats side... they had to rush in and change a 135 year old law...
If it was illegal why did the Democrats scramble to make something legal to be illegal?...
Collins letter explains exactly the fact Pence could remand the votes back to the states... but they were changing it so it could not.... WHY CHANGE IT AT ALL? The fact they even messed with a 135 year old law shows it did not fit their agenda all of a sudden... How strange you think that they changed a law they thought was OK...
"First, it reasserts that the constitutional role of the Vice President in counting electoral votes is strictly and solely ministerial. (because it did not prior) The idea that any Vice President would have the power to unilaterally accept, reject, change, or halt the counting of electoral votes is antithetical to our Constitutional structure and basic democratic principles. "
https://www.rules.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Collins Testimony.pdf
If it was illegal why did the Democrats scramble to make something legal to be illegal?...
Collins letter explains exactly the fact Pence could remand the votes back to the states... but they were changing it so it could not.... WHY CHANGE IT AT ALL? The fact they even messed with a 135 year old law shows it did not fit their agenda all of a sudden... How strange you think that they changed a law they thought was OK...
"First, it reasserts that the constitutional role of the Vice President in counting electoral votes is strictly and solely ministerial. (because it did not prior) The idea that any Vice President would have the power to unilaterally accept, reject, change, or halt the counting of electoral votes is antithetical to our Constitutional structure and basic democratic principles. "
https://www.rules.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Collins Testimony.pdf