2y ago

Supreme Court agrees to weigh whether Trump can be kicked off ballot in Colorado

www.nbcnews.com

The justices will review a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that said Trump could be barred from the Republican primary ballot in that state, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruling is likely to have national repercussions, potentially setting guidelines that would determine how every other state would handle the issue.

The brief order said the case would be argued on an accelerated schedule on Feb. 8, indicating that a ruling will follow soon after.

41 comments

"There is also the possibility that if Trump is kicked off the ballot, Republicans could take retaliatory action by doing the same to President Joe Biden. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has already floated such a move."
I wonder that excuse they'll dream up to try to pull this off.
- They're not expecting to actually pull it off, it's just posturing for their dumbfuck base.
- Those far rights can't care less about reasons.
  
  That’s one of the reasons they love religion. All you gotta do is claim that the other side is EVIL. No logic, proof, or accountability necessary.
- The one I've heard floated is not securing the border to their satisfaction somehow constitutes insurrection and since a lot of people have argued there doesn't have to be any conviction or factual determination by a court it would stick just as well as the Jan 6th stuff against Trump.
  
  That just means every member of congress is an insurrectionist because they have just as much or more power to change that.
  It is not insurrection in either todays definition or the 14ths contemporary definition, and that would be slapped down.
- Republicans leafing through The Sovereign Citizen's Guide to Vexatious Litigation for ideas as we speak
- Hunter's laptop, Hillary's emails and Obama's tan suit.
  
  Grey poupon!
- If we enforce the law it might be enforced badly. Is a pretty bad argument.
  
  It's a bad argument to consider not enforcing the law, but it's not an incorrect statement. Republicans responded to the impeachment of Trump by continously trying to impeach Biden. They're responding to the insurrection by pointing at things dems do and yelling insurrection.
  It's dumb and incorrect, but it's pretty effective at diluting the seriousness of those particular actions to their own voter base. You could argue that that's the point.
- Nobody wants Texassistan in the union, not even Texass. Heh.
- The only thing I have heard is that anyone who supported the BLM movement during the rioting is essentially supporting anti american values thus insurrection. I have heard this from a few separate places.
- Trump being disqualified from running in Colorado and Biden being disqualified from running in Texas are not equally important in the election.
Too bad Roberts spent the last 15 years systematically destroying the court's credibility, he could use some about now.
If democrats were split 4-3 on the ruling in Colorado, what outcome are people realistically expecting getting this from a group of mostly conservative judges?
If they don't let him through then democrats will stay in power and the threat to their billionaire ~~bribes~~ "donations" will be at risk. They might get some serious changes to how the judicial arm works that dilutes their nearly absolute power.
If they DO let him through then republicans will continue to rally for pro conservative policies that dismantle democracy in place of a single party system where the judges are still on top and get to do effectively whatever they want, so long as they keep letting their side win.
- The Colorado case might be ruled to allow Trump's name to be there, but the Maine case might let the state court's decision stand if it were to come to the SCOTUS, the Secretary of State is doing things by the book following Maine election laws.
  
  SCOTUS is irrelevant now for Colorado. Today was the deadline to certify primary ballots, and the state Supreme Court issued a stay to their ruling pending SCOTUS. Since they didn’t decline the case and haven’t made a ruling, his name is allowed on the ballot.
Review? Alito won't even read the thing, Roberts will make sure it is narrowly tailored to only get the result he wants, Thomas has already gotten a new boat and can't be bothered, and The Rapist will be too hung over to sign his own name. The only one "reviewing" is the clerical staff of Roberts.
Nobody want's Trump disqualified more than Republicans. Many of whom hate his guts but are too chickenshit to challenge him publicly. A SCOTUS ruling against him would be the perfect solution. He would be forced out as the de facto leader of the party and all the crazies would blame Democrats and John Roberts.
If the fix is in, that's bad news for Trump.
That being said, my opinion is that if the only way to stop Trump is to disqualify him, then this stupid country isn't worth saving and the goddamn constitution doesn't matter anyhow.
- You're right. Any relation to the Yes Men?
- Republicans[;] Many of whom hate his guts but are too chickenshit to challenge him publicly
  It's like the Abilene Paradox, but more violent and stupid.
/-----------------------\ | | | | | | | | | | | O | | | | | | | | |=====================
It will be interesting to see if this is the equivalent of the archduke's assassination, with respect to the collapse of the union.
Supreme Court-
I think you're gonna be ok here. His brain has a thin candy shell. Surprised you didn't know that.
I am certain it's going to be a 5-4 either way strongly towards Trump being exempt because "President isn't in the constitution"
It's going to fall on Roberts.
He’s already been certified on the ballot in Colorado though, so the court very well may likely just argue that it’s moot now and kick it down the road.
Regardless of who is elected, we’re just going to get MUCH closer to the union unraveling. The union has terminal cancer and there’s no potential cure from the center right dems or the nazis.
- Every time someone mentions the democratic party they move them slightly further right
  
  I'd kill for proportional representation and the option of a left NON-capitalist party. The neolibs' only real difference from GOP is that they're not racist and less fascist.
  A Socialist party would be incredible. And though I'd not vote for a communist party, I wish we had one just to balance the national discord.
- BoTh sIDes aRe ThE sAMe!!!
  
  Economically, yes, they're identical capitalists. The right is more fascists and racist and awful. But the dems don't fix anything when in power, which is why we've slid right for 60+ years. Dems = slow slide right, GOP = Fast slide right. Their paychecks are all signed by the same people, which is why their economic policies are nearly identical.
NO U!

41 comments