Posted on 02/12/2024 2:12:18 PM PST by nickcarraway
Inclined to reject. I’ll believe it when the votes are in. But what are the odds at least one state will ignore the SCOTUS? I mean, Texas is currently ignoring the SCOTUS. AT least that’s what the leftists will use as an excuse.
I’d agree that SCOTUS is deeply troubled....
John Wimpy should’ve been disqualified based on his name alone.
Today an “insurrectionist” is anyone who still believes in free speech.
Murray stated (incorrectly) that the capitol was under attack the first time since 1812.
Ha! Murray does not even know basic history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army
Murray stated (incorrectly) that the capitol was under attack the first time since 1812.
Ha! Murray does not even know basic history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army
So states should remove any Dem nominee for some BS reason, no logic required.
Texas is not ignoring SCOTUS. The ruling stated that Border Patrol can remove the barriers. It did not require any action from Texas.
As for the case discussed in the article my best bet is the Supreme Court will rule as follows:
Congress must enforce this amendment. Since they have taken no action it is deemed that Trump is eligible to run.
“Section 5
The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.”
IOW...they will punt.
Department of Justice lists the cases surrounding the J6
event.
Anyone find the word insurrection there?
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/30-months-jan-6-attack-capitol
Other occasions had Washington DC closely besieged by the Confederate Army. Of particular note - the Battle of Monocacy Junction (9 July 1864) and the Battle of Fort Stevens (11-12 July 1864), where Fort Stevens was actually one of Washington defensive forts, and where President Lincoln came under Confederate small arms fire (becoming the only sitting US president to come under enemy fire in wartime).
I'd say that's a little bit more serious than walking through the Capitol Building between velvet ropes ...
Trump didn’t incite the “riot” on J6, the Feds did.
Can anyone actually be tried for insurrection?
Yes.
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-1999-title18-section2383&num=0&edition=1999
So why weren’t they?
Four plead guilty to seditious conspiracy...
The supremacy clause along with the inability of states to nullify federal law should be sufficient evidence that a state cannot ban a candidate from appearing on a ballot for a federal election
The Founding Fathers would look at all of this, and then, they would all be face palming.
The Feds and one very outspoken individual that we are all
familiar with, who was ignored for months or years before
public outcry forced them to charge him and sentence him to
probation.
Also, the statute does not apply to the office of the President.
And even if it did, Mr. Trump has neither been charged nor found guilty of insurrection.
True.
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