“The Supreme Court can’t rule on the one without the other.”
Sure, they can. They can ignore the question of insurrection and declare that regardless of insurrection the 14th never applied to the President and was also repealed twice.
“Sure, they can. They can ignore the question of insurrection and declare that regardless of insurrection the 14th never applied to the President and was also repealed twice.”
Yes, which means they have covered both issues. As I stated, the issues can’t be separated in the Colorado case.
Now, of course, the Court can’t either rule on or dodge the question as to whether or not Trump engaged in insurrection because he has not been charged or convicted of it in a court of law, which is a separate issue not involving the 14th amendment. The Supreme Court is not prosecutorial, it only renders decisions made by lower courts. They will remind the Colorado Supreme Court that insurrection cannot be assigned to Trump by judicial fiat, it has to be tried in court and judgment rendered by a jury, a fair jury, which does not exist in Washington D C. But we have to go through the motions and procedures.