Surprise!!

  • aew360@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    I mean, yeah it’s disappointing but hopefully a legal case can prove he in incited an insurrection and then states can remove him from the ballot. Then the SCOTUS would have to quite literally just nullify a a part of the Constitution, which would be… not out of the realm of possibilities at this point

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      9 months ago

      The legal case in Colorado already determined he met the definitions of insurrection as known by the authors of the 14th.

      Based on a summary of their questions and statements, I suspect SCOTUS will rule that only via a procedure defined by Congress can someone be determined to be ineligible for the Presidency based on the 14th. And only at the federal level.

      There was such a procedure defined by law following the Civil War but it was revoked by Congress in the 1940s.

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      9 months ago

      I mean, yeah it’s disappointing but hopefully a legal case can prove he in incited an insurrection and then states can remove him from the ballot.

      “Trial was too close to an election. Political. Overruled.”

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        9 months ago

        Fast forward to 2025: Defendant Donald Trump in the Insurrection Case given a Presidential Pardon by President Donald Trump. Matter settled.

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      9 months ago

      Bruh, it’s already been proven he’s an insurrectionist by the courts. Gotta love how SCOTUS thinks it can overrule an amendment.