those were BEFORE the electoral count act of 1878. They do NOT apply now.
5 legislatures had written letters to Congress asking them to give more time for review
That is meaningless. Those very same legislatures had a remedy - to pass a binding resolution appointing competing electors. They did NOT, and instead tried to pass the buck to Pence with a sternly worded letter.
It was unfair and a cowardly move by those legislatures to toss that live hand grenade into Pences lap, who was a solid MAGA VP, and it was an extreme disservice and incorrect for whatever supposed "Constitutional Scholars" to tell Trump that Pence had any discretionary role to play. He did not.
I DO fault Pence for ONE thing - he should have been up front when this idea was first floated to him, instead of leading the MAGA faithful (and Trump) on by being ambiguous.
those were BEFORE the electoral count act of 1878. They do NOT apply now.
That is meaningless. Those very same legislatures had a remedy - to pass a binding resolution appointing competing electors. They did NOT, and instead tried to pass the buck to Pence with a sternly worded letter.
It was unfair and a cowardly move by those legislatures to toss that live hand grenade into Pences lap, who was a solid MAGA VP, and it was an extreme disservice and incorrect for whatever supposed "Constitutional Scholars" to tell Trump that Pence had any discretionary role to play. He did not.
I DO fault Pence for ONE thing - he should have been up front when this idea was first floated to him, instead of leading the MAGA faithful (and Trump) on by being ambiguous.