…the high court will do anything it can to hand the fmr #insurrectionist-in-chief the keys to the #WhiteHouse. Today it struck again.
I mean, who among us hasn’t insurrected? It happens to a lot of guys. It’s not a big deal.
#AnandGiridharadas; #TheInk
#Trump #law #justice #Jan6 #Insurrection #14A #14thAmendment #law #SCOTUSstench #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #CourtReform #TermLimits
https://open.substack.com/pub/anandwrites/p/supreme-court-impunity-colorado-ballot?r=dikz2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
That appears to be the attitude of the #SupremeCourt of the #UnitedStates, which for the 2nd time in a wk did nothing to dispel the notion that it is the #billionaire-bought #lapdog of #Trump, committed to doing literally anything to elect him.
…this morning #SCOTUS ruled — per curiam, meaning the whole court, not just the #conservative majority — that Trump can remain on the ballot in #Colorado.
#law #justice #Jan6 #Insurrection #14A #14thAmendment #SCOTUSstench #CourtReform #TermLimits
…#Colorado had tried to disqualify him on the grounds that the #14thAmendment to the #Constitution, for reasons of history & prudence, bars insurrectionists from office.
Today’s decision overruling CO’s decision was made on the grounds that the Constitution makes #Congress solely responsible for enforcing §3 of the #14A, not the states. Which is funny, because the court is dominated by ideologues who normally love #StatesRights.
#law #justice #Jan6 #Insurrection #SCOTUS #CourtReform #TermLimits
@Nonilex No that's not quite what the ruling said.
It's not that Congress is solely responsible for enforcing the amendment but that Congress gets to lay out how enforcement will happen, Congress can authorize courts to enforce it, for example. Or congress can authorize or even require states to enforce it.
But, the court said that the lower court can't skip that democratic process and act without legal authority.
