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If trump is kicked off the ballot (rightfully so in my opinion) republicans will continue kicking and screaming and will most likely start kicking off non republicans from ballots in their states for made up reasons.
I don’t care. We shouldn’t break the rules just because republicans are threatening to break even more rules.
I find it hard to believe that republicans are even taken seriously in the media. And unquestioned even…
I find it hard to believe that republicans are even taken seriously in the media. And unquestioned even
That's because the mainstream media outlets that take up 90% of the proverbial oxygen are all owned by billionaires and billionaires don't give a shit about democracy or people who aren't at least hectomillionaires. Plus responsible journalism doesn't pay enough for mega-yachts and fleets of private jets.
For what it’s worth, I also urge the Supreme Court to keep Trump off the ballot.
Somehow, I suspect your opinion is worth the exact same as Colorado's SoS's to SCOTUS.
This SCROTUS makes me go nuts!
Well, yeah. Now, Maine's SoS's stance would be relevant, since in her state, it's a SoS decision to remove him from the ballot. And the core of this case isn't Trump being removed - that's already been litigated. The core is ultimately whether or not Colorado (and by implication Maine and every other state) has the authority to kick someone off the ballot for being an invalid candidate.
If Scotus rules against Colorado, minors and immigrants will be allowed to get on the ballot. Schwarzenegger should run.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON — Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to conclude that the state can lawfully bar former President Donald Trump from the Republican primary ballot because of his actions in 2020 that culminated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
The case concerns, among other things, whether Trump "engaged in insurrection" under Section 3 of the Constitution's 14th Amendment and is therefore prohibited from serving as president.
Griswold, a Democrat who is the top election official in the state, filed a brief ahead of Supreme Court arguments next week that defended Colorado's process for determining whether candidates are eligible.
The same state process is used to determine whether candidates for president are barred from serving for other reasons, such as whether they are the required minimum age of 35, the lawyers added.
The state, they said, "should not be forced to include a candidate found by its courts to have violated his oath to support the Constitution by engaging in insurrection."
The case will be closely watched, as other states could follow suit if Trump is kicked off the ballot in Colorado.
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