LIVE: Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Trump Colorado Primary Ballot Case
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the state could remove Trump off the Colorado Republican primary ballot.
The Supreme Court will hear the arguments in former President Donald Trump’s Colorado primary ballot case. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump could be removed under the 14th Amendment.
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2021
A ruling will come in days or weeks. SCOTUS agreed to the expedited case since the primary is March 5 and Colorado needs to print ballots.
SCOTUS has to consider if Trump is eligible but also:
– Whether state courts or elected state officials can unilaterally enforce constitutional provisions and declare candidates ineligible for federal office — so-called “self-executing” authority — or is that exclusively the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress. Also, whether Trump can be disqualified without a thorough fact-finding or criminal trial.
– Whether this issue is a purely “political” one that voters should ultimately decide.
– Whether the U.S. Senate’s acquittal at his impeachment trial over Jan. 6 makes him therefore eligible to seek re-election.
– And whether Section 3 prohibits individuals only from “holding” office, not from “seeking or winning” election to office.
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Some of the “conservative” members of the SC may be afraid of the fallout, protests at their homes, and attacks on them and their children.
Some of them may have compromising videos and information about them and their families that they do not want to have released.
Therefore, they will “do the right thing” and codify the wishes of their masters and claim that Trump did in fact engage in an insurrection and thus cannot be on the ballots – because that is a state’s right issue and should be decided by those states.
No indictment, no trial, no guilty verdict.
I hope that I am wrong.
After listening to these arguments – particularly the hostile reception the CO litigator is receiving even from the leftwing members – there’s no chance of that happening.
II mean really…. Compromising videos? The hobgoblins that keep you up at night aren’t real. Having listened to the arguments it’s rather clear the CO SC ruling is going down in flames. I didn’t hear any justices question that pulled punches as a result of your hobgoblins!
Hey buttercup. I wrote that before the audio was released.
What, your pussy have sand in it?
save that argument, a good one, IMO, for the immunity hearing, I’m betting that Roberts, Gorsuch, Kav, and Barrett will screw Trump over, for their own safety or future ambitions
What future ambitions would a supreme court justice have? State senator?
Get your popcorn now before prices skyrocket and you can’t find it anywhere!
It would be funny if this leads to very expensive rush printing.
They’ve moved forward with with the preparation of the election, including the preparation of the ballots as if Trump was still eligible….almost certainly because of the expense they’d have to endure if they hadn’t. They knew they were going to lose this case.
A stronger case can be made that the Colorado Supreme Court engaged in insurrection.
Justice Jackson is a tool
A tool brought to you by Murkowski, Romney, and Collins.
Murray’s opening statements were HEAVY on editorial embellishment and notably light on the law. Thus far, he hasn’t been received favorably.
‘ come on guys … we can’t let the bad orange man back in the WH.”
isn’t working ? who knew ….
/sc
Let me sum up for you:
Trump’s lawyers argument – There is zero legal justification for this, Trump has not been convicted or even CHARGED with the crime necessary to justify taking this extreme action,
Democrat lawyers argument – Trump is stupid and mean and our FEELINGS about what we publicly CLAIM he did are more important than any actual facts or law
Two perfectly good arguments:
The Presidency is not listed in 14A(3) and is not an office ‘under’ the United States. He *is* the Executive branch, and all of his appointees and employees are ‘under’ so 14A(3) doesn’t apply to him.
The 14A(3) requires the 14A(5) to be ‘enabled’ into law, which was done with 18 U.S. Code § 2383 Rebellion or Insurrection. There have been no J6 arrests based on this charge, no indictments, and no convictions, and we do *not* apply a punishment without due process in the United States. (no matter how much Leftists want to)
Even Jackson, I believe, made the “not-listed” argument.
Forcefully, several times.
Sounds like they will reverse with the only possible ( but not certain ) holdout being Sotomayor.
Just theoretically though. We already have doubts about the integrity of the electoral system. If Trump is barred from the ballot on this basis; what confidence can we have about the integrity of the judicial system? And we all have already dealt with our legislators at all levels and know them to be, regardless of party, left-handed, cross-threaded, football bats interested only in power and graft. So what is the next step?
Subotai Bahadur
Yes, and the integrity, or lack of it, will be obvious when the voters appear to turn out in monstrous numbers again for the general election despite incredibly anemic numbers for the primaries, and there is another press release from the deep state congratulating themselves for fortifying the election again.