Posted on 02/05/2024 2:16:29 PM PST by NoLibZone
That’s ten minutes more than Trump got before they unilaterally kicked him off the ballot. And ten minutes more than Trump got when election fraud was brought before them in 2021.
Geller Report Mr. Snipe opines:
‘The real question is why the SCOTUS is hearing this case at all? Give her one minute. Why not tell this nut that the case has “No Standing” like Roberts did when election fraud was brought before them in 2021? Is Roberts going to rewrite the US Constitution on 14th like he did with Obamacare?
There are several immediate constitutional issues that even a squishy John Roberts and Amy Squishy Barrett should understand if they can read the 14th Amendment.
Prior constitutional scholars have argued that the 14th Amendment does not apply to presidents since he is a member of the executive branch and not as a public official or military member.
Trump has not been convicted of an insurrection under 14th Amendment Section 2. He was charged in second fake impeachment in 2021 and found not guilty.
The state elected courts, election boards, secretary of states, do not have jurisdiction over the 14th Amendment no matter what their state constitution states.
Even if Trump had been charged and exonerated of an insurrection by the US Senate during the second fake impeachment in 2021, under the 5th Amendment of double jeopardy he cannot be tried twice for same offense.
Even if Trump had been charged and convicted of an insurrection only Congress under 14th Amendment Section 5 can remove him from ballot using simple majority vote.
If Congress under 14th Amendment Section 5 removed him from ballot using simple majority vote, unlike an impeachment conviction he can still appeal his removal to the federal courts.
If Trump had been charged and convicted of an insurrection by the US Senate in 2021 by 2/3 vote during the second fake impeachment in 2021, he could not appeal the conviction and removal from the ballot.
So there-what’s all the fuss about?
Supreme Court Gives Colorado Secretary of State 10 Minutes to Argue Why Trump Should Be Blocked From Ballot The top court is weighing whether to rule in favor of or against a Colorado Supreme Court decision to bar Trump from the ballot on 14th amendment grounds.
By Tom Ozimek, February 2, 2024:
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday granted Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold—who called former President Donald Trump an “ineligible insurrectionist”—just 10 minutes at a hearing next week to argue before the court why she thinks he should be barred from the ballot.
Ms. Griswold, a Democrat and fierce Trump critic, has filed multiple briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court, which is weighing whether to rule in favor of or against the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to bar President Trump from the ballot on 14th amendment grounds. In a Jan. 26 filing with the U.S. Supreme Court, Ms. Griswold asked for enlargement and division of time for oral arguments at a hearing next week so that she could have time to provide the court with an “important perspective” on Colorado’s election laws. Story continues below advertisement
The Supreme Court said in its decision that it would grant Ms. Griswold just 10 minutes to make her case for why, according to her subsequent Jan. 31 filing, President Trump supposedly engaged in an insurrection and so should be barred from appearing on Colorado’s presidential ballot.
Even though Ms. Griswold did not take a position on President Trump’s eligibility during a trial in district court, she’s revealed her anti-Trump bias repeatedly, including when she went on CNN to denounce the former president as a “danger to American democracy.”
But when, on appeal, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled to bar President Trump from the ballot based on the idea that he had “engaged in insurrection” by delivering a speech on Jan. 6, Ms. Griswold said the court “got it right.”
“Because Trump is a Poopy Head!”
Texas should send more illegal aliens to Colorado.
I agree AND Biden should be kicked off the Texas ballot.
Sounds like good news to me
I doubt this will stand but if it does it will be the beginning of the break up of America. There are states that can and will start kicking Biden off their ballots. Then what do we have? A really big mess.
Orange man bad, fire hot, water wet.
If they throw Trump off the ballot Biden needs to be thrown off the ballot also under the same provision of “providing aid and comfort to our enemies”
Biden gave Iran $$$
Biden continues to allow illegal alien invasion
BOTH of which would disqualify him! and according to the left.. NO TRIAL NEEDED! only the accusation!
Florida will.....bet on it
No! Because he personally led an armed insurrection which started while he was still talking at the Mall, AND he’s a poopy head!
If they filed the legal challenge, why do they need to address the court?
Either the filed argument stands or not. NOT!
I know people get to augment, but that annoys me in this case.
I’d say send them to Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket Island and Malibu California instead.
It's the oral argument phase. Standard.
It will be 80 minutes. 40 minutes for Trump’s team, 40 minutes for the other side — now split into 30 minutes for the lawyer for the Colorado voters who filed the ballot challenge, and 10 minutes for this twit, Jena Griswold (Colorado Secretary of State).
She is big-footing the case, taking 10 minutes away from her side.
While I agree that removing Trump from the ballot via the 14th Amendment is absurd, there is an important point that Geller either overlooked or was unaware of.
None of the ex-Confederate officers and officials were charged with or convicted of insurrection yet the 14th did bar them from office until Congress ruled otherwise. The Amendment does not require trial or conviction. That’s why the dems are invoking it.
Also, just to nit pick, impeachment has nothing to do with ‘double jeopardy’. In fact the Constitution provides for the possibility of criminal trials after impeachment. Ford pardoned Nixon to prevent that from happening, because you know the dems wanted Nixon not just out of office, but in jail. Kind of like how they feel about Trump.
Any relation to Clark ???
I went to Walmart today to get kitty litter and dishwasher detergent. Both up 25% from the last time I was there. This same thing is happening everybody everywhere. This is a case where telling the Big Lie over and over is not going to make people believe it.
“Any relation to Clark ???”
Nah, Clark was smart compared to her.
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