Politico: A federal appeals court has thrown out GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert’s last-ditch attempt to subvert President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, his second rejection in two days in the Texas lawmaker’s attempt to empower Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the… Continue reading

Syracuse.com reports.

Politico: The rules of Congress’ Jan. 6 session governing the counting of Electoral College votes will remain identical to those used for decades, under a resolution adopted Sunday by the House and Senate.The rules, first obtained by POLITICO, were passed… Continue reading

The Hill: A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday urged their colleagues to support the Electoral College vote, as at least a dozen GOP senators prepare to challenge the election results on Wednesday. GOP Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Bill Cassidy… Continue reading

Politico: Multiple Senate Republicans unloaded on an effort led by Sen. Josh Hawley to challenge Joe Biden’s election victory as the party hurtles toward its most consequential confrontation with Donald Trump of his entire presidency.Hawley (R-Mo.) denied that he… Continue reading

Ned Foley in WaPo: Sen. Ted Cruz’s 11th-hour effort to derail certification of Joe Biden’s election victory is the wrong solution to a non-problem at the wrong time. Fortunately, it also won’t succeed, but it nonetheless provides one more alarming… Continue reading

Amy Gardner with a huge scoop: President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call Saturday that legal scholars described as a… Continue reading

I was quite surprised to learn that my interview with Josh Tucker on these questions was far and away the most viewed piece on the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog in 2020. I had done a similar interview in 2016… Continue reading