Supreme Court seems skeptical of kicking Trump off election ballot during landmark hearing

[Polybius]

Source: Yahoo! News

The United States Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments in a landmark case that will decide whether former President Donald Trump is ineligible to run for a second term in office because of his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which culminated in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Throughout the hearing, however, both liberal and conservative justices seemed highly skeptical of the decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to remove Trump from state ballots based on its reading of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars those who have taken an oath of office and later "engaged in insurrection" from holding office gain.

Trump appealed the Colorado ruling to the Supreme Court, arguing that Section 3 doesn't apply to presidents and that Congress, not the states or courts, is the only body that can remove candidates from ballots.

Like several conservative justices, liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pressed plaintiffs' lawyer Jason Murray on whether Section 3 applied to presidents.

Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-seems-skeptical-of-kicking-trump-off-election-ballot-during-landmark-hearing-full-coverage-140348787.html

[hamsterjill]

1. Big surprise.

Right?

If Thomas had an ounce - an OUNCE - of decency, he would recuse himself.

We all see what is happening and it’s truly disgusting and shameful.

[forgotmylogin]

2. So, question.

If he isn't ruled ineligible for the ballot, could it still be argued he cannot assume and "hold" the office even if elected per the wording of the amendment?

[Farmer-Rick]

3. Well the Supreme Court is harboring an

A known insurrectionist themselves, probably more than one. They keep Clarance around despite all hi, and his wife's, crimes. This clearly indicates they don't really care about the rule of law. It's all about the destruction of democracy for them.

After it has been shown he broke the law over and over again and got his wife to act as his stand-in insurrection coordinator, Roberts still keeps the criminal on to judge others. Imagine being judged by a criminal when you are not, how galling. Of course the stinking Nazi is a criminal himself so he's good with it.

The court is more interested in protecting their favorite wannabe dick-tatter and stinky Nazi.

[republianmushroom]

4. Is anybody surprised by this. NO !

USSC bought and paid for by republican donors. IMO

[Kennah]

5. In other news

[BigmanPigman]

16. Ha! I loved that ongoing sketch.

I could watch it a million times and still laugh.

[Miguelito Loveless]

6. This could be a 9-0 ruling for Trump

Since even the "liberal" justices seemed quite sympathetic to the case. Everyone seemed more interested in parsing language and twisting it out of shape than they did the reality of keeping an insurrectionist off the ballot.

It was so depressing to listen to.

[cstanleytech]

7. Let me guess it's the six Republicans?

[MayReasonRule]

11. Kagan, Sotomayor And Jackson Were Abject Failures As Well

Ivory Tower Syndrome is very real and very corrosive.

This does not bode well.

[KS Toronado]

8. Will we hear their decision today?

[FBaggins]

15. Yes and no

It will probably take some time before the opinion is released. But (unlike most oral arguments) we could get a pretty good sense of the eventual result - which could be unanimously against the CO supreme court

[brooklynite]

9. How many people read the headline and skipped over reading the article before ranting?

Throughout the hearing, however, both liberal and conservative justices seemed highly skeptical of the decision by the Colorado Supreme Cour

This was never going to be a viable strategy.

[MayReasonRule]

10. Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson Were Abject Failures

Ivory Tower Syndrome is real.

FFS

[Polybius]

18. Or maybe they are right if it's 9-0

Whenever a SC opinion is 9-0, I automatically change my mind if I initially thought otherwise.

[MayReasonRule]

19. The Arguments Against Colorado Are Spurious At Best

Gorsuch's own legal precedent agrees...

[PSPS]

12. "We should let the voters decide." Um, "we" did in 2020.

[bluestarone]

13. My guess 6-3

TFG stays on the ballot

[ripcord]

14. I think it could very well be 9-0

The liberal Justices didn't seem at all receptive to Colorado's case.

[RussBLib]

17. I think I am OK with Traitor Trump on the ballot

...so Biden can beat the crap out of him again! By an even wider margin than before.

While I believe the Constitution is clear and Traitor Trump should have been barred from officeholding, it may be for the best to keep him on the ballot and just beat the hell out of him. The upcoming trials are going to stick him with some convictions and more and more Republicans will peel away from the orange cancer.

FDR currently owns the largest margin of victory of any US President at 60.3%. That's a big hill to climb, but I think Biden can beat that record, and wouldn't that be a coup de grâce?