Representative Louis Gohmert (R., Texas) filed a lawsuit in an attempt to grant VP Pence the authority to overturn the results of the general elections. The Electoral Count Act of 1887 requires the vice president to affirm the winner of the elections. However, Gohmert’s suit requests a federal judge in Texas to strike down the 1887 law as unconstitutional, and to grant Pence authority to appoint pro-Trump electors.