House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-WY), the third highest-ranking Republican in the House, argued in a memo that members of Congress objecting to the Electoral College certification on January 6, 2021, would present an “exceptionally dangerous precedent” for the role of Congress in future elections.
“By objecting to electoral slates, members are unavoidably asserting that Congress has the authority to overturn elections and overrule state and federal courts,” wrote Cheney in a 21-page memo, according to National Review. “Such objections set an exceptionally dangerous precedent, threatening to steal states’ explicit constitutional responsibility for choosing the President and bestowing it instead on Congress.”
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