Supreme Court to decide whether to kick Trump off ballot
Supreme Court to decide whether to kick Trump off ballot
Castro v. Trump, a case challenging Trump's candidacy with the 14th Amendment, is expected to decided by the justices on or before October 9.
Castro v. Trump, a case challenging Trump's candidacy with the 14th Amendment, is expected to decided by the justices on or before October 9.
I'm sure this will be completely ethical, squeaky clean, and without personal bias, right? Guys? RIGHT?
Pretty sure the SC has a 6-3 lean conservative, with one of those guys open bribes. Im sure bias wont be an issue
Alito and Thomas both took bribes so at least two of them are open to it.
I don't see any way they could, or more likely would, rule against him without one of the cases against him ending with a guilty verdict.
The Constitution only says participation in an insurrection is disqualifying, not conviction of a crime related to insurrection. That’s a huge difference in the eyes of lawyers & Constitutional scholars.
And the SCOTUS says Bush beat Gore.
I really wish the idea that the SCOTUS is a body of pure, detached law would die. It is and always has been an overtly political institution dedicated to legislating from the bench. It has never been otherwise.
They aren't going to kick Trump off the ballot. There are actual reasonable legal arguments for why that would be wrong. And they don't even need them. Bullshit is adequate. He's their good boy.
So the case is already lost then. Does anyone actually believe the Supreme Court isn’t politically motivated anymore?
I don't know. I think there's a possibility. Remember, they're politically beholden to the GOP, not necessarily Trump. The wealthy donors might not like his plans either. Which is perfect, because Thomas was thinking about a cruise in south America anyway.
I hope you are right. I don’t think our democracy can take four more years of Trump.
much as I'd love to see them kick him out, I'm pretty sure all of them are aware that their lives could quite literally be on the line here. they're gonna figure out ahead of time who's voting what way, so they can have may be a 6-3 split while still ensuring that they don't risk actually letting it pass.
They deliberate behind closed doors and write long opinions; I don't think it's like, "okay, everybody vote on three! one.. two.."
Or they might realize this is their one chance to be free of this stuff.
Not that I really know anything about this but isn't this a state's rights issue? Don't states determine their own ballets? Anyway, this will be interesting to watch. I'd like to think we can't be sure of the results.
No matter how it goes, I think this will be damaging to the GOP which is fine by me. They married the criminal and I am sure there are those who wish to cut him loose and those who can't give him up.
Participation in an insurrection is disqualifying under the US Constitution, so it very much is not a states' rights issue. The question is what standard of evidence is required.
The 14th amendment overrides that particular right, for obvious reasons.
Cool, so he’s on the ballot.
Hopefully they remove him from the ballot.
Even a convicted murder can be on the ballot; there are very few things that can forcibly bar one from the ballot. This doesn't have a chance in hell of working.
One of those things is insurrection, though. So ... I don't think this is absolutely wild to consider.
It's fun to consider. What's absolutely wild is anyone who sincerely thinks there's even the most remote chance of the SCOTUS disqualifying their special boy. Even if the law were totally unambiguous and clear.
It's trivially easy for them to say "you didn't participate if you weren't convicted". That is certainly the least they will do. This court is likely to just say the entire thing about disqualification is totally moot in some way or another, at least when it comes to Trump
Also "being under the age of 35" in the context of the office of President.