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Interesting development here in Colorado regarding Trump and the 14th amendment.

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[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 39 points 6 months ago

Fight to get him disqualified in enough states to prevent him from winning the primaries.

But, importantly, not all of them.

Prevent the GOP from coalescing around a single candidate, and they don't stand a chance in 2024

[-] naonintendois@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago

This is already getting appealed to the Supreme Court, so it's going to get fully resolved one way or the other. I can only hope they uphold the Colorado Supreme Court ruling.

[-] NovemberMan@mastodon.social 2 points 6 months ago

@Wogi 👍🏻👍🏻

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 13 points 6 months ago

Still gotta see what SCOTUS does.

[-] derekabutton@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Not relevant here, because states decide how their ballots are run. It's similar to how some states can prevent felons from voting for life.

[-] Rusticus@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

They already stayed their decision until Jan 4 to give the SCOTUS time to rule on this.

[-] cowfodder@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah, the 14th amendment to the Constitution of The United States of America isn't relevant here...

Adding /s because some people don't understand context.

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

If it's not relevant then why did they stay their decision until scotus can rule?(If Trump decides to take it to the Supreme Court)

[-] cowfodder@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Did you really not read the comment I was responding to, or should I have added /s to it because some people are incapable of understanding context?

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

A lot of felons* may not have the money machine to pay the lawyers to fight all the way to the Supreme Court. And there’s also the supremacy clause, so idk, which is why I’d like to hear from a con law pro, attorney or paralegal.

  • That was an embarrassing autocorrect.
[-] PedroMaldonado@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Uuuuugh! Why is this a surprise? WE ALL SAW IT ON JAN 6TH! DUDE WENT ALONG WITH THIS SEDITIOUS BULLSHIT! THANKS FOR WRECKING DEMOCRACY FOR US, JERK.

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Narrator - "Fact is, they were foolin themselves if they thought they ever had democracy "

[-] Lycerius@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

This isn't going to go how we want. It feels good now, but it's essentially a free ticket for the most right wing court in decades to rewrite/reinterpret the 14th ammendment...

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