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Lee Zeldin
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It is the Colorado Supreme Court’s unconstitutional, unambiguous and un-American belief that the time has come in our country to destroy democracy in the name of democracy.
Kaitlan Collins
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Breaking: The Colorado Supreme Court rules Trump is disqualified from holding office, citing section three of the 14th Amendment, removing him from the state’s 2024 ballot.
https://courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/Supreme_Court/Opinions/2023/23SA300.pdf
6:39 PM · Dec 19, 2023 //
polyjunkie
an hour ago edited
This should take the Supremes about a half hour to adjudicate. If it stands, then every Red State should disqualify FJB. Let’s see how that works out….
PS - the Constitution lists the criteria for being President. Being approved by left-wing judges is not one of them. And the 14th Amendment does not apply since the Congress impeached Trump and the Senate found him not guilty. Therefore no “insurrection” occurred. Done. //
Cynical Optimist polyjunkie
2 hours ago
That is precisely the point Jonathan Turley made this afternoon, saying that the ruling opens the door for groups in every state in the nation to disqualify any politician they dislike or want off the ballot. //
anon-d2hb
2 hours ago
Not even charged with, let alone convicted of insurrection, and CO Supreme Court rules that he is an insurrectionist. Our courts have become centers of politicized injustice. Charged and tried have been thrown completely out the window. //
Ed in North Texas
2 hours ago edited
As I noted elsewhere, this looks like a judicial setup. Lower court judge rules Trump engaged in "insurrection" but the Amendment didn't apply to the President. The appeal to the CO supremes then allowed four of the seven SCP appointees to take a ruling that he had engaged in insurrection and rule that the Amendment did apply and boot him off the ballot.
Gee, it almost seems like tinfoil hat time, except legally it works.
Edit: Temporarily it works. Doubt the SCOTUS will buy it, but we do live in "interesting times".
