“There Is No ‘Little Secret’ Speaker Power over the Electoral Count”

Andy Craig at Cato at Liberty:

The Speaker’s role during the electoral count is, in fact, nearly non-existent. There are no lawful mechanisms for the Speaker to derail the joint session of Congress without the backing of concurrent majorities in both the House and the Senate. The job of the Speaker is much more constrained here than their usual authority over the House. 

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