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Supreme Court justices indicate they’ll keep Trump on 2024 ballot in landmark case
The New York Post ^ | 02/08/2024 | Ryan King

Posted on 02/08/2024 12:07:00 PM PST by thegagline

A clear majority of the Supreme Court’s nine justices signaled Thursday that they would overturn a Colorado ruling barring former President Donald Trump from the state’s Republican presidential primary ballot.

The former president, 77, and his lawyers were appealing the Dec. 19 decision by Colorado’s Supreme Court that found Trump ineligible for the March 5 GOP contest by virtue of violating the Constitution’s so-called “Insurrection Clause” during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Trump’s team argued separately that Congress — not the states — was tasked with enforcing the clause, that the provision did not apply to the office of president, and that the 45th president did not engage in an insurrection when hundreds of his allies stormed the Capitol and disrupted the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.

The congressional supremacy argument found the most favor with the court, as Chief Justice John Roberts fretted during oral arguments that upholding the Colorado ruling would open the door to red and blue states removing politicians of opposing parties from the ballot on a whim.

“It’ll come down to just a handful of states that are going to decide the presidential election. That’s a pretty daunting consequence,” Roberts said.

*** “The question you have to confront,” liberal Justice Elena Kagan told Murray at another point in his argument, “is why a single state should decide who gets to be president of the United States.” ***

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: demicrats; democracy; nevertrumpingtroll; persecution; rinoposingastrumper; thefagline; trump
Finally, some sanity.

However, the Democrats will stop at nothing to keep Trump from running. Through their dangerous and inflammatory rhetoric they are encouraging assassination. I fear that someone may attempt to kill “Hitler.”

1 posted on 02/08/2024 12:07:00 PM PST by thegagline
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To: thegagline

“This was a riot. It was not an insurrection. The events were shameful, criminal, violent, all of those things.”

It was weird hearing Jonathan Mitchell, President Trump’s lawyer, argue that before the Court.


2 posted on 02/08/2024 12:09:03 PM PST by Miami Rebel
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To: thegagline
Tucker Carlson has repeatedly warned of this danger to President Trump.I pray for his protection daily.

SCOTUS GETS IT RIGHT!



3 posted on 02/08/2024 12:11:28 PM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: Miami Rebel
“This was a riot. It was not an insurrection. The events were shameful, criminal, violent, all of those things.” It was weird hearing Jonathan Mitchell, President Trump’s lawyer, argue that before the Court.

Why is stating the facts weird?

4 posted on 02/08/2024 12:11:50 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: thegagline

CNN:
Conservative justices signaled they were seeking a way to side with Trump

MSNBC:
John Roberts is afraid of judging in Trump’s ballot case


5 posted on 02/08/2024 12:11:51 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: thegagline

Even the Times hs to admit this was the ugliest beat down in Supreme Court history.


6 posted on 02/08/2024 12:12:33 PM PST by circlecity
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To: thegagline

never forget the reason for the left’s treason, the peaceful rally for election integrity

https://rumble.com/v181401-january-6th-rally-2021.html


7 posted on 02/08/2024 12:12:56 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: Miami Rebel

Agreed. I’d take it a step further: when does milling and sauntering about look like an insurrection?


8 posted on 02/08/2024 12:13:20 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: thegagline

Indicate. So, no official ruling yet?


9 posted on 02/08/2024 12:14:23 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: thegagline

Too bad more lefty states didn’t do this earlier, like 20+ of them as it be more fun to enjoy the beatdown, pure schadenfreude.


10 posted on 02/08/2024 12:14:52 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: Candor7

I hope they get it right.


11 posted on 02/08/2024 12:16:02 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Jeff Chandler

You can see the bias in the so called Mainline press.


12 posted on 02/08/2024 12:16:28 PM PST by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: thegagline

Modern liberals (“progressives”) have a habit of ignoring court rulings they don’t like. A good example of this is how some cities are ignoring 2A rulings by just changing a few words in their gun laws.

Would the same be attempted here should the Supreme Court rule for Trump? It would be tough to find another way to disqualify Trump. But I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if they tried.


13 posted on 02/08/2024 12:16:43 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: thegagline

Because libtard states are completely out of control and breaking the law


14 posted on 02/08/2024 12:17:08 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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Originally Pelosi claimed that it was an Armed insurrection. I guess the FIB failed to plant weapons on the protesters.


15 posted on 02/08/2024 12:17:57 PM PST by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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