december 14 there will be some more voices but my gut is it wont be until the 6th of januaryedward foley an elections expert and constitutional law professor at ohio state university said its true that the election winner is not officially the presidentelect until the congress declares it so with its vote on january 6 to accept the electoral college resultsim less concerned about the timing but that it happens he saidfor americans to have faith in the elections the losing side has to accept defeat its very very dangerous if the losing side cant get to that he saidits essential for the parties to play by that ethos even if one individual trump cant do it the party has to do it he saidwhats so disturbing about the dynamic that has developed since election day is that the party has been incapable of conveying that message because theyre taking their cues from trumpin the house and the senate the standoff is playing out in ways large and small as lawmakers prolong the instability some boosting their own profiles to pick up the mantle with trumps movement of voters and others fighting more broadly for an overhaul of election systemssenator ted cruz rtexas announced on sean hannitys fox news channel show that he was prepared to deliver oral arguments for pennsylvania lawmakers legal challenge to the elections if the supreme court takes up the casecruz said in a statement he believes the court has a responsibility to the american people to ensure with its powers that we are following the law and following the constitutionthe supreme court on tuesday rejected republicans bid to reverse pennsylvanias certification of bidens victoryrepublican mo brooks rala is delivering daily house floor speeches ahead of his planned formal protest during the january 6 voting that he believes will show trump was reelectedothers are joining me he said in an interview and back home i have had a lot of pats on the backeven the republicans led by mcconnell on the bipartisan inauguration committee refused to allow a democratic motion on tuesday to publicly announce that planning was underway the committee that has organized every inauguration since 1901 is planning covid19 health and safety protocols for the traditional january 20 swearingin ceremony next yearcommittee chairman senator roy blunt rmo said it is not the job of the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies to get ahead of the electoral process and decide who we are inauguratingformer congressman david mcintosh who now heads the conservative club for growth said in the new year there should be an independent bipartisan commission established to investigate the 2020 electionuntil then his group is trying to push georgias trump voters to the polls even as the president disputes bidens win of the state