Anyone else get Marbury v. Madison energy from the Colorado lower court decision finding that Trump did in fact engage in insurrection but that he could not be struck from ballot bc the Disqualification Clause does not apply to Presidents?

Damns the actor, but then says can't rule against him

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@CarolineMalaCorbin

The story I got here is that the lower court ruling was meant to tee up the issue for the Colorado Supreme Court. I don't know if that's true. I don't know how I'd know if that was true.

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@benfell Well the lower court accepted an argument about the amendment that has been seriously considered (but not necessarily accepted) for years.

It doesn't sound like such a strategic action with that background in mind. They were merely saying that they found the argument compelling.

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