Trump Is Disqualified From the 2024 Ballot, Colorado Supreme Court Rules

A conviction is not required.

 

He was?? I totally missed that.... What was the case name?

Funny how he hasn't bothered to mention that on his failing social media site....

 

best laugh of the day thanks

 

all four democrats-it smells of partisanship

 

anyone want to place some bets on whether this kangaroo court's idiocy will remain in place?

btw I Hope Trump IS NOT the GOP nominee but this ruling is ridiculous

 

If all goes as forcasted, you'll get a choice for a pair of octogenarians.

 

The insurrectiony one isn't quite 80 yet, although he plays one on TV..

 

Guilt isnt a requirement in the constitution, participation is…...

I do find it funny tho, all the contortions that the right is now making to try to support their position that Trump cant be taken off the ballot. They are becoming anti-constitution to support the orange guy, and then becoming anti-states rights for Colorado to be able to make their own decisions.

This WILL go to the US Supreme Court, and I think it will be expedited. But I also think that the issue that will go before the US SC will not be Trump being put back on the ballot, it will be Colorado’s right as a state to remove a candidate from their ballot. Either way, the right in this country will have to admit that they are willing to either deny the constitutional “states rights”, or they will have to deny the right in the constitution to deny a candidate for “insurrection”. Its a loose loose for the right and their perl clutching “DA CONSTITUTION’ because one way or the other, they have to be willing to claim the constitution flawed or wrong to support the orange guy

Get the popcorn ready, because the hypocrisy has to come out, one way or the other !

 

I think SCOTUS has to look at a very narrow issue IMO. Not so much what is insurrection in/of the United States BUT what is insurrection of The Constitution of the United States. Oaths were sworn....

 

So you think Democrats should make that decision now as to who and who isn't constitutionally eligible?
Are you not taking a look at how this door swings both ways?
Hows it going to work for ya when red states decide Biden can't be on the ballot because of his dementia and use the 25th amendment to remove him. Or did you think this through that far yet?

 

Which proves my point.

Only hate motivated vindictiveness would find someone's sincere love of their country funny.

 

Which I still say is the silliest part of Section 3. Why should it matter that you previously swore an oath?? If you are judged to have engaged in insurrection, you should be disqualified period...

The oath part might be because you might have run for office before or were in the military, but again, who cares?

Insurrection = Disqualification.

 

One of them being convicted of multiple felonies.

 

The Constitution decides that, and the courts interpret the constitition.

Are you saying the 25th Amendment is unconstitutional? Weird. I never thought of the Constitution as being unconstitutional. You guys are so creative!

 

According to an entire thread by @Patricio Da Silva , no he doesn't.

Judge Luttig clarifies important point about section 3 of the 14th amendment

I think it's a bad legal argument, but then so is the case for removing Trump from the ballot in Colorado. But if you guys are going to engage in full on lawfare to destroy the integrity of the election system...

 

Fully agree but I think that the defense are going to go for the "degrees of" insurrection. RW media are already laying down cover that it must be almost a war footing to constitute insurrection. SCOTUS' job is to look at it from strictly a Constitutional perspective IMO.

 

when you constantly refer to Trump as Traitor tRump and then claim hate has nothing to do with it-combined with your nebulous attacks on Trump that have nothing to do with how the country was run when he was in office, all I can say is BULLSHIT to your claims

 

No, it's even stupider than that... he seems to think states can use the 25th amendment to remove POTUS Joe...

Now THAT is creative.... Almost like the guy who earlier said Trump objected to certain states being certified during 1/6 certifcation

Or the guy who states Trump was found not guilty of insurrection.

It's a cavalcade of nonsense today.... To use a favorite poker term, MAGA is on tilt today...

 

It's a party. This court is simply the glove it wears.

 

No, and I don't think "Democrats" did. The Colorado Supreme Court did.

The 25th doesn't leave it up to the States.

 

And to do that, they'll have to examine what the overreaching goal of Jan 6th was, and how very close the plan came to working...

 

This might be the strangest post yet.

1. "Democrats" aren't deciding this. Unless you think the CO state supreme court consists of all democrats and they're being instructed on what to do here; and
2. States don't decide to apply the 25th Amendment.

 

So merely the accusation of insurrection is all that's required?

Very interesting...no chance this precedent could go awry huh?

 

Yes, but it certainly adds gravity to the seriousness of taking an oath of office, and highlights the despicable nature of using an official office to harm the Country and it's Constitution that you swore to uphold and defend ... as tRaitor tRump most certainly did.

 

Huh?