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Democrats announce bill to kick Trump OFF the ballot immediately after the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he could be allowed to stay on: The left melts down over ruling and even calls for court to be DISBANDED
Daily Mail ^ | 3.4.2024 | Morgan Phillips

Posted on 03/04/2024 11:57:20 AM PST by libh8er

Top Democrat Jamie Raskin said he is working with fellow liberals in Congress to revive legislation that would disqualify Donald Trump from running for office in light of the new Supreme Court ruling.

The high court on Monday ruled 9-0 that only Congress, not Colorado, can ban Trump from the ballot and the former president must be reinstated on the Centennial State's primary ballots.

Raskin, D-Md., who chairs the Oversight Committee, said he was collaborating with colleagues like Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., to 'revive legislation that we had to set up a process by which we could determine that someone who committed insurrection is disqualified by section three of the 14th amendment.'

Such a bill was first introduced in 2022 by Schultz and would create a pathway for the Department of Justice to sue to keep candidates off the ballot under the 14th Amendment.

'The House of Representatives already impeached Donald Trump for participating in insurrection by inciting it,' Raskin told CNN shortly after the ruling. 'So, the House has already pronounced upon that.'

Meanwhile Maine Democrat Rep. Jared Golden told DailyMail.com in a statement: 'The Supreme Court got it right.'

'I believe Donald Trump incited the violence that took place on January 6, and my vote to impeach him for it reflects that belief. But the House impeachment vote alone is not enough to preclude him from the ballot,' he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 14thamendment; demmoron; demonicrat; presdjtrump; raskin; scotus; trump
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To: Ciaphas Cain

That’s the point. They will never quit, barring total defeat.


21 posted on 03/04/2024 12:07:44 PM PST by cbvanb
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To: libh8er
That would be a bill of attainder and therefore unconstitutional. Congress has the power to peach and that is it. They blew their wad in 2020 so they are done with that angle.
A bill of attainder (also known as an act of attainder or writ of attainder or bill of penalties) is an act of a legislature declaring a person, or a group of people, guilty of some crime, and punishing them, often without a trial. As with attainder resulting from the normal judicial process, the effect of such a bill is to nullify the targeted person's civil rights, most notably the right to own property (and thus pass it on to heirs), the right to a title of nobility, and, in at least the original usage, the right to life itself.

22 posted on 03/04/2024 12:10:46 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: SkiKnee

The insurrectionists won!


23 posted on 03/04/2024 12:11:09 PM PST by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

I swear, they never get tired of sounding so stupid.


24 posted on 03/04/2024 12:11:18 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

They should be forced to stop. Sniper rifle works for me


25 posted on 03/04/2024 12:11:51 PM PST by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: libh8er

LOL!

The Supreme Court cannot be “disbanded” - unless a Constitutional Amendment is passed and ratified by the States to do so.


26 posted on 03/04/2024 12:12:17 PM PST by Fury
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To: fwdude

Give each and every one of them a good hard spanking.


27 posted on 03/04/2024 12:12:37 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: libh8er

The Supreme Court cannot be ‘disbanded’. It’s in the Constitution....................


28 posted on 03/04/2024 12:13:07 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: bray

https://youtu.be/tlqAfnwoYno?si=gFELMECExyUuaGHX


29 posted on 03/04/2024 12:13:08 PM PST by Fuzz
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To: cbvanb

“That’s the point. They will never quit, barring total defeat.”

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They don’t quit because they don’t have to worry about Republicans lowering the boom on them.

If Republicans would hold Dems accountable now and then you would see a less aggressive Democrat party IMO. Because they are weak, the Republicans have zero deterrent effect on Democrats.


30 posted on 03/04/2024 12:13:34 PM PST by Starboard
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Well, I believe Raskin is a murderous puke and should be beat to death with a baseball bat.

Pretty sure that defense wouldn’t fly in court.


31 posted on 03/04/2024 12:14:39 PM PST by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: libh8er

This is good, very good.

The American people will see who in congress are Americans dedicated to the Rupublic and who are the treasonous anti_Republic destroyers of elected representative government.

The speaker needs to get this to a floor vote ASAP.


32 posted on 03/04/2024 12:14:39 PM PST by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: TheDon

LOL! Best post on the thread IMO. :)


33 posted on 03/04/2024 12:15:15 PM PST by Starboard
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To: Red Badger

The Supreme Court is going to have to rule it cannot be disbanded before the Democrats are done with the lawfare.


34 posted on 03/04/2024 12:15:22 PM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: libh8er

This will only end with gunfire.

Either we win playing by the rules and the Left flips out.

Or we lose because the rules no longer matter and we take action to fix things once and for all before the Left loads us all onto boxcars.


35 posted on 03/04/2024 12:17:44 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

They really seem to want violent conflict


36 posted on 03/04/2024 12:18:09 PM PST by william clark (A man who is unwilling to be proven wrong has little regard for truth.)
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To: libh8er

Haley knew of this plan and now it’s clear why she’s not dropping out


37 posted on 03/04/2024 12:18:28 PM PST by SheepWhisperer (Get involved with, or start a home fellowship group. It will be the final church. ACTS 2:42-47)
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To: Red Badger

Lots of things are in the Constitution, most of which are actively being ignored by those currently in power.


38 posted on 03/04/2024 12:18:40 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

“The speaker needs to get this to a floor vote ASAP.”

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Not sure that’s a good idea. There are too many anti-Trumpers in the GOP that might be tempted to go along with it.


39 posted on 03/04/2024 12:18:41 PM PST by Starboard
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To: libh8er
This bullshit will be dead in the water. The relevant passage in the Constitution is Article II, Section 4:
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

The Congress can remove a current officer but the Constitution does not give Congress the power to prevent someone from running for office.

That, and the fact that a bill of detainer is unconstitutional means they have no option but to win the election - through cheating.

40 posted on 03/04/2024 12:19:55 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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