Posted on 02/05/2024 2:16:29 PM PST by NoLibZone
What could happen is a state could IGNORE a Supreme Court slap-down and keep Trump off the state’s presidential ballot in spite of the SCOTUS ruling they cannot do so.
How would that get resolved?
We have individual states NOW deliberately in open rebellion against SCOTUS rulings on several subjects, including gun control and discrimination in college admissions.
Nine Supreme Court justices cannot crush open defiance of their orders. They have no armed divisions of troops to enforce their orders especially when the current corrupt administration is cheering on this defiance.
Well how do you then prove it? Could one of those Confederates argue that the officer he's accused of being was NOT him?
All of those Confederates knew they were in the Confederacy and didn't dispute it at all.
It was a huge war with thousands of deaths and destroyed property over a great portion of the land, with Americans shooting, bombing, and shelling each other to death.
The war stands alone. The amendment addresses that single historic point.
Now a situation exists where some (who has authority?) can say he "committed" insurrection, but, importantly, unlike the Confederate officers of old, President Trump states he did no. such. thing.
The only thing that could, under the 14th amendment, make Trump guilty would be a declaration from Congress saying so.
There must be some sort of standard for what exactly an insurrection is. There is the Insurrection Act of 1807 which obviously predates the 14th Amendment. Lincoln apparently used the Insurrection Act on Apr 15th, 1861 to mobilize troops. I must have missed when the president declared an insurrection on Jan 6th, 2020.
And the Hamptons
Uh, no, that’s not correct. Impeachment is not a criminal proceeding.
The whole wide world knows how the “wise Latina” is going to vote. Why not just mail it in. Has there ever been anyone more radical than her?
Yeah, I agree, but I didn’t know the time constraints. (Still bugs me, ha!)
So she’s hogging ten minutes that could be better spent.
Going to be a 9-0 decision in favor of Trump. I would not want to be the Colorado attorney defending the Colorado Supreme Court.
You are right, the justices have read and analyzed all the briefs and are completely familiar with the argument of both sides. However, oral argument consists mostly of questions from the court to the litigants. You never get more than a few words out before you are interrupted by a question. They come rapid-fire, one after the other. That’s really how you prepare best for oral argument, by anticipating the off-angle questions the court might ask and, preparing good answers that will lead back to your argument.
If they say impeachment is for high crimes and misdemeaners, doesn’t that make it a criminal proceeding?
How about this. One over reach point and they direct she be disbarred.
Except for the fact that Lincoln declared an Insurrection. No such status has ever been recognized or declared except by Democrats and the media.
“High crimes and misdemeanors” have a somewhat different definition than in criminal proceedings. Impeachment is not limited to indictable criminality, nor does Impeachment have to be initiated due to indictable criminality.
It’s a process undertaken by a political entity.
Thanks. Good points…
Ok Thanks
And how could he uprise against himself since he was President? This liberalism gone to the nth degree and has to be stopped.
Maybe they want the world to see what fool she is. If others think you are a fool, some people cant help but open their mouth to proof them right
Except for the fact that Lincoln declared an Insurrection.
With liberal logic, anything is possible.
I’m older now and my kids are Democrats because of their mom.
I almost want them to allow Trump to be kicked off the ballot and let’s expedite whatever is going to happen as the chasm deepens between government workers and those who pay their salaries in the private sector.
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