The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether or not Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on Colorado’s Republican primary ballot after that state’s Supreme Court ruled he had engaged in insurrection in his attempts to reverse the outcome of the 2020 election. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1743398353738633290 From The New York Times:
The case, which could alter the course of this year’s presidential election, will be argued on Feb. 8. The court will probably decide it quickly, as the primary season will soon be underway.
Mr. Trump asked the Supreme Court to intervene after Colorado’s top court disqualified him from the ballot last month. That decision is on hold while the justices consider the matter.
The case turns on the meaning of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, ratified after the Civil War, which bars those who had taken an oath “to support the Constitution of the United States” from holding office if they then “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”
It’s just my opinion, but I can’t see a conservative-leaning high court (with three justices placed there by Trump) ruling against him. In the video below, Robert Reich explains in plain language why the 14th Amendment bars Trump from serving in office again. https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1743397238921998433
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