[Deaf Smith]

If VP Pence had acted on the fraud vote, who would say/hold that he was outside Constitutional authority?

SCOTUS had already stated to effect that there no authority to challenge anything a Pol does.

[ConjunctionJunction]

VP Pence could have decided to send the disputed states back to their state legislatures. The Dems could have gone to the courts to complain, but SCOTUS would likely stay out of it, because it would be a political question.

[JonPreston]

If the constitution is a roadmap to hell, and it requires our politicians to validate fraud, ignore the document. But I will put you in with the other experts I spoke with.