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Dem-appointed Colorado justice says Trump ballot ban undermines ‘bedrock’ of America in fiery dissent
Fox News ^ | December 20, 2023 | Anders Hagstrom

Posted on 12/20/2023 7:42:28 AM PST by Lakeside Granny

The Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to ban former President Trump from the state’s primary ballot undermines a “bedrock principle” of American democracy, one of the court’s Democrat-appointed justices wrote in a fiery dissent.

Justices Carlos Samour, Maria Berkenkotter and Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright all dissented, but Samour was particularly critical of the 4-3 ruling. Samour and Boatright were each appointed by Democratic former Gov. John Hickenlooper, while Berkenkotter was appointed by current Gov. Jared Polis, also a Democrat.

“The decision to bar former President Donald J. Trump — by all accounts the current leading Republican presidential candidate (and reportedly the current leading overall presidential candidate) — from Colorado’s presidential primary ballot flies in the face of the due process doctrine,” Samour wrote.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: coloradoruling; dueprocess; fakeinsurrection; trump47; trumppersecution; unconstitutional
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To: dfwgator

The thought of the people pulling the puppet strings on SloJoe enjoying the power of an Enabling Act is scary as hell.

But in sense, that strategy is already well on the way to implementation, as the Congress more and more farms out power to an unaccountable federal bureaucracy. From the ‘Manhattan Contrarian’ back in October:

“For those unfamiliar with the subject, the Endangerment Finding, adopted by EPA back in 2009, is the biggest piece of pseudoscientific absurdity ever perpetrated on the American people. It purports to determine that CO2 — a colorless, odorless, non-toxic trace gas constituting about 0.04% of the atmosphere — constitutes a “danger” to human health and welfare. The Endangerment Finding is then the entire basis for an unprecedented regulatory tsunami unleashed by the Biden administration on the American people and economy. The world needs to see that the serious people know how crazy this is, and that we are going to keep saying so, and that we are not going away.

“Right now the Biden administration is moving aggressively to eliminate all use of fossil fuels to generate electricity, via a new Power Plant Rule proposed in May 2023. The entire basis for that Rule is the Endangerment Finding. The Biden administration is also moving aggressively to ban all internal combustion personal vehicles, via another Vehicle Rule also put forward in May 2023. That one also has the Endangerment Finding as its entire basis.”


61 posted on 12/20/2023 9:21:21 AM PST by Stosh
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To: dfwgator
"There eventually will be an American version of the “Enabling Act”

Right country, wrong law.

What they want is to extend the provisions of the Grundgesetz, written for defeated Germany by American leftists, to the United States so that speech and writings can be declared "against the Basic Law" and the authors sent to prison.

This is what the imaginary crime of "hate speech" is all about, and it's going to get a lot worse.

62 posted on 12/20/2023 9:31:24 AM PST by Jim Noble (The future belongs to those who show up)
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To: dfwgator
When did “The Right” ever have power?

1848-1861 and 1924-28.

63 posted on 12/20/2023 9:33:20 AM PST by Jim Noble (The future belongs to those who show up)
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To: Jim Noble


64 posted on 12/20/2023 9:43:14 AM PST by Lakeside Granny (IN GOD WE TRUST with TRUMP WE STAND)
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To: Lakeside Granny

Is Arizona next?


65 posted on 12/20/2023 9:43:15 AM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Lakeside Granny

Perfect!


66 posted on 12/20/2023 9:44:41 AM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Irish Eyes

I wouldn’t doubt it but Katie Robbs and Company of Unelected office Stealers better pay close attention.

This latest lawfare is getting quite the attention and is changing hearts and minds.


67 posted on 12/20/2023 9:48:23 AM PST by Lakeside Granny (IN GOD WE TRUST with TRUMP WE STAND)
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To: Lakeside Granny

Texas Lt. Gov @DanPatrick
flips script on Democrats after Trump gets barred from ballot in Colorado:

“Maybe we should take Joe Biden off the ballot in Texas for allowing 8 million people to cross the border since he’s been President.”


68 posted on 12/20/2023 9:51:56 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: left that other site
If they can do it to us, we can do it to YOU.

Funny how it never works out that way.

69 posted on 12/20/2023 10:03:19 AM PST by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: TermLimits4All

As many have already posted.

If there is no hope at all, why even bother?

That’s not my way. I’m sorry if you call this “assumptions”, but I haven’t given up entirely.

BTW I can’t stand RINOs..


70 posted on 12/20/2023 10:05:29 AM PST by left that other site (Romans 8:28)
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To: Lakeside Granny

Then it’s incumbent upon all of us to do whatever is in our power to stop them.


71 posted on 12/20/2023 10:06:27 AM PST by left that other site (Romans 8:28)
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To: Chode; Jane Long; Rusty0604; djstex; Irish Eyes; freepersup
Texas Lt. Gov @DanPatrick flips script on Democrats after Trump gets barred from ballot in Colorado:

“Maybe we should take Joe Biden off the ballot in Texas for allowing 8 million people to cross the border since he’s been President.”

DO IT!!

72 posted on 12/20/2023 10:08:24 AM PST by Lakeside Granny (IN GOD WE TRUST with TRUMP WE STAND)
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To: usurper

I have been watching this BS for 50+ years AND we NEVER FIGHT the way they do NEVER!! We have elected the biggest bunch of pussy’s on the planet, sad thing is it is impossible to get rid of the BASTARDS! If we want these BASTARDS out of office the ONLY WAY is to vote for the stinking Dem for ONE CYCLE!! I see no difference between them and a Dem anyway!! We would have to suck it up for 2 years in order to get a TRUE MAGA candidate in there after the 2 year term!! The Senate is another story 6 year term in the senate would be far to much to deal with HOWEVER these BASTARDS need to go, I don’t know what the hell the solution is!!


73 posted on 12/20/2023 10:11:19 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: left that other site

Yes, it certainly is!


74 posted on 12/20/2023 10:12:32 AM PST by Lakeside Granny (IN GOD WE TRUST with TRUMP WE STAND)
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To: Lakeside Granny

Sounds like a great idea.


75 posted on 12/20/2023 10:14:50 AM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Lakeside Granny

Can you believe the incredible defeatism and despair on this thread?

Even Donald Trump himself, the victim of this unconstitutional election interference, has not lost hope.

You were with me on the Live Thread last night, when the news came out and Team Trump issued their statement.

RPOTUS gave an awesome speech, as usual, seemingly unaffected by this outrageous news.

He hasn’t lost hope, so why should I?


76 posted on 12/20/2023 10:20:57 AM PST by left that other site (Romans 8:28)
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To: left that other site

Watching Charlie Kirk who has on Will Sharp, who is running for Missouri AG.

Sharp just said it we don’t fight back NOW we won’t have a country to fight for.

The CO SC has set a very dangerous precedent!


77 posted on 12/20/2023 10:21:22 AM PST by Lakeside Granny (IN GOD WE TRUST with TRUMP WE STAND)
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To: Lakeside Granny
The CO SC has set a very dangerous precedent!

Which is basically what I said in my original post that caused such a dogpile. Unfortunately, legal decisions that are not already sharply defined by law are made on prededent.

And this one IS Dangerous, for both sides of the aisle.
78 posted on 12/20/2023 10:29:29 AM PST by left that other site (Romans 8:28)
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To: left that other site

I think many have been beat down by ALL the events of the past 4+ years and just don’t know what to do.

When I watched TPUSA’s AM FEST the past few days and saw the enthusiasm of the youth that attended it gave me great hope for the future.

We can NEVER give up and surrender to the powers that want to destroy us and our way of living.

No other country has had what we have had, the freedoms that they are trying so desperately to take away.


79 posted on 12/20/2023 10:38:37 AM PST by Lakeside Granny (IN GOD WE TRUST with TRUMP WE STAND)
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To: left that other site

JUST IN — Joe Biden responds to the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to remove Trump from the 2024 ballot:

"He certainly supported an insurrection. No question about it. None. Zero. He seems to be doubling down on about everything." pic.twitter.com/P5z880bexe— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 20, 2023


80 posted on 12/20/2023 10:48:13 AM PST by Lakeside Granny (IN GOD WE TRUST with TRUMP WE STAND)
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