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Trump-Appointed Judge Says Gohmert s Lawsuit Against Pence Lacked Standing
On 1/1/21 at 10:02 PM EST
A court case filed by Republican Texas Representative Louie Gohmert, which sought to give Vice President Mike Pence the legal authority to singlehandedly overturn the results of the November presidential election, has been thrown out by Trump-appointee U.S. District Judge Jeremy Daniel Kernodle.
In his decision, Kernodle said that Gohmert and his other plaintiffs lacked the legal standing to argue their case. The problem for Plaintiffs here is that they lack standing, Kernodle wrote in his decision. Plaintiff Louie Gohmert, the United States Representative for Texas s First Congressional District, alleges at most an institutional injury to the House of Representatives. Under well-settled Supreme Court authority, that is insufficient to support standing.