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.
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That’s the point. They will never quit, barring total defeat.
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.
The insurrectionists won!
I swear, they never get tired of sounding so stupid.
They should be forced to stop. Sniper rifle works for me
LOL!
The Supreme Court cannot be “disbanded” - unless a Constitutional Amendment is passed and ratified by the States to do so.
Give each and every one of them a good hard spanking.
The Supreme Court cannot be ‘disbanded’. It’s in the Constitution....................
“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.
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.
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.
LOL! Best post on the thread IMO. :)
The Supreme Court is going to have to rule it cannot be disbanded before the Democrats are done with the lawfare.
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.
They really seem to want violent conflict
Haley knew of this plan and now it’s clear why she’s not dropping out
Lots of things are in the Constitution, most of which are actively being ignored by those currently in power.
“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.
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.
That, and the fact that a bill of detainer is unconstitutional means they have no option but to win the election - through cheating.
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