Posted on 03/04/2024 7:41:13 AM PST by Red Badger
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of Donald Trump in a historic case challenging his eligibility to seek the Republican presidential nomination under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment due to his actions around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The court was unanimous in reversing the unprecedented decision out of Colorado that would kick Trump off the ballot under the provision after a state trial court found he participated in "insurrection" on Jan. 6 through incitement.
“For the reasons given, responsibility for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates rests with Congress and not the States," the Supreme Court opinion read. "The judgment of the Colorado Supreme Court therefore cannot stand. All nine Members of the Court agree with that result.”
On holding that only Congress had the power to enforce the provisions under Section 5 of the amendment, it said its decision would apply nationwide.
"Any state enforcement of Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates, though, would not derive from Section 5, which confers power only on '[t]he Congress.' As a result, such state enforcement might be argued to sweep more broadly than congressional enforcement could under our precedents. But the notion that the Constitution grants the States freer rein than Congress to decide how Section should be enforced with respect to federal offices is simply implausible," the court said.
Trump quickly celebrated the decision, writing on his social media platform it was a "BIG WIN" for the country.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said that she was "disappointed" in the ruling.
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It may be the first time I watch network tv news in 15+ years.
On second thought, nah.
YES!!!!!!!!..........................
“Dirty Jena” Griswold gets punched in her lying face by the Supremes.
I don’t know if they have actually printed ballots without Trump’s name on them, not that it would make much of a difference. Most states, if not all, have provisions for a ‘write-in’ candidate...............
One last thing: As a resident of HELLINOIS and living in the far western suburbs, the DNC convention in Shitcago this summer is going to be EPIC! 1968 will look like a picnic after this ruling and all the protests! I cannot wait for the 2024 version of the "summer of love!" It's going to be so much fun to watch!
lets see if biden adds his 2 cents
***The election in the US would soon look like a circus..............***
With all due respect, elections here are already a circus.
More of a hysteric case than a historic case.
At 9-0, they had no case if they could read English.
For very similar reasons, the POTUS cannot be subject to the 30,000 or so district attorneys in the US. The constitution makes it quite clear that the remedy is impeachment by the house and trial by the Senate.
If every local DA has jurisdiction over the president, it will be a free for all with biased DAs in highly biased jurisdictions hauling a president from the opposing party in for trial before kangaroo courts in which he has no chance at obtaining a fair trial. It will simply devolve into an endless tit for tat game.
This is TRUTH. It was a sacred responsibility of the Supreme Court Justices to make this TRUTH absolutely and utterly clear, in no uncertain terms, and it was their authority to do so. They failed.
The failure of the Supreme Court Justices to find within themselves the courage, integrity, responsibility, and truthfulness to state this clearly and decisively endangers the United States and the American People, and it is an abject failure of their responsibility and authority.
At a time when the survival of the United States is under serious threat and heroism is sorely needed, the Supreme Court Justices failed.
The failure of the Supreme Court Justices is an ignominious failure of their responsibility, their authority, and their duty to Truth, Justice, the United States, and the American People. This ignoble failure shall disgrace these Justices for all time. Their shame will last in infamy.
Oh my Nancy Pelosi just exploded ,LOL
Hmm...didn’t Congress already acquit President Trump of insurrection during their impeachment of him?
How can a random state judge or other officer then decide he’s guilty?
Double Jeopardy, anyone?
If you read the concurrence from the 3 witches they sent the rats a message: do better try harder
This was a 9-0 opinion which should have been in the headline to the story. Not often do we get 9-0 decisions.
Good. It’s good to see dems foaming at the mouth and losing their cool.
What will they try next?
Pray for President Trump’s safety. That is all...
lets see if biden adds his 2 cents...
looks like the biden girls won’t do biden’s bidding...lest they make fools of themselves...lol
Civil war.
We’ll see how long before a bill is introduced in the House or Senate to have him removed from the ballots.
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