Wednesday, December 20, 2023

 

Another Twist in the Presidential Race

 

Things are getting even stranger in the presidential race!
 
Yesterday, the Colorado Supreme Court barred Donald Trump from the ballot there under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prevents insurrectionists from holding office. They overturned a decision below, which had held that the 14th Amendment somehow doesn't apply to a President. 
 
Now it will go-- almost certainly-- to the US Supreme Court. My own hunch is that there the Colorado decision will be overturned there on the theory that some showing has to be made that a person engaged in insurrection before the bar applies (despite the historical record to the contrary-- but this Supreme Court views history-following as a sometime thing).  
 
This is going to be a very weird political season, and I suspect there are twists and turns ahead that no one is even imagining right now.

Comments:
Was he afforded due process? Has he been formally charged as an insurrectionist in court? I stopped holding my breathe with regards to any favorable resolution regarding this man a long time ago. Now the thought of him winning again just gives me anxiety.
 
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