Retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig issued a searing rebuke of the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision that Colorado could not disqualify former President Trump from the ballot under the 14…
They didn’t say that it’s not in the Constitution they said the states can’t enforce it.
If we want to enforce it as a country it should come from Congress. If you give the states leeway to take people off the ballot, States can do stupid things I agree he deserves to be off the ballot but I do not love giving swing states that tool.
It seems people might not believe that Congress would abide by the constitution, seeing as last time around a whole bunch of them straight-up voted to not abide by the election results.
States can enforce the constitutional age limit, it’s incoherent garbage nonsense to pretend states can not enforce the constitutional treason restriction
It’s not a new law, it’s in the constitution. He cannot hold office, and there’s no need for a conviction. He participated.
You are absolutely correct. However, we cannot trust republicans to not abuse precedent where one exists.
They didn’t say that it’s not in the Constitution they said the states can’t enforce it.
If we want to enforce it as a country it should come from Congress. If you give the states leeway to take people off the ballot, States can do stupid things I agree he deserves to be off the ballot but I do not love giving swing states that tool.
Let Roberts enforce his decision then
It seems people might not believe that Congress would abide by the constitution, seeing as last time around a whole bunch of them straight-up voted to not abide by the election results.
States can enforce the constitutional age limit, it’s incoherent garbage nonsense to pretend states can not enforce the constitutional treason restriction