After a 306-232 margin victory at the November United States presidential election that saw Democratic candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden defeating incumbent President Donald Trump, the President and his henchmen have not lost sleep on how to upturn the mandate.
Last year, while the voting was still on, President Trump, perhaps got hint of an imminent defeat at the polls, raised alarm that the election was marred with fraud. The president and his staunch supporters have lost series of court cases trying to invalidate the election victory of Biden.
The latest lost was the long shot taken by a Republican congressman, Louie Gohmert, who filed a case in Texas seeking to stop Vice President Mike Pence from certifying the election’s final result. But the judge, Jeremy Kernodle, who is also a Trump appointee, rejected the case saying it was based on speculative events rather than concrete and evidence based.
Gohmert had wanted the court to allow Pence reject some votes when they are brought forward for ratification by the Congress on Wednesday, January 6, 2020 when the Vice President presides over the vote certification in the Congress.
President Trump had earlier on Christmas eve lost his lawsuit against Wisconsin Elections Commission at the Appeal Court. The court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling that Trump’s suit lacked merit.
The appeal court said the district court was right to enter judgement in favour of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The court held that Trump had a full opportunity before the election to challenge Wisconsin law involving elections.
The court ruled that its decision was based on President Trump’s delay in ringing the challenges to Wisconsin law that provide foundation for the alleged constitutional violation.
According to the US constitution, on Wednesday, what is required of Pence is to introduce electors and set out a process for the congress to challenge disputed electors. According to the Electoral Act, the challenge is expected to be resolved by separate votes of House and Senate. Pundits are of the opinion that should there by any need for challenge, the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives would oppose while many Republicans in the Senate would acknowledge that the President-elect is the winner of the election.
According to opinion among the US public, Trump and his allies are exploring increasingly ominous schemes to overturn the verdict of the voters. They advised that Pence should help liberate the Republican Party and the country from escalating electoral hysteria. They said the vice president should urge the Congress to accept Biden’s victory, and reject rival submissions aimed at derailing valid result, the VP has done more to restore rationality within Republicans’ ranks.
