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In reply to the discussion: On SCOTUS ruling that Colorado, a state, doesn't have the authority to take trump off its ballot. [View all]totodeinhere
(13,237 posts)43. The Court ruling has to do with the 14th amendment.
The Court is saying that the states cannot use the 14th amendment to disqualify federal candidates. The disqualifications that you mentioned are not dictated by the 14th amendment and this decision was about the 14th amendment and nothing else.
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brush
Mar 2024
OP
But the state has the authority to make it hard, even impossible, for people to vote.
patphil
Mar 2024
#3
I thought Tribe and Luttig were way off the mark when they started this. Luttig is difficult to listen to, as well.
Silent Type
Mar 2024
#12
If it's self-executing, then citizens of all stripes should be able to challenge tRUMP's eligibility on any state
SWBTATTReg
Mar 2024
#26
How do you respond to the liberal justices' argument that the amendment limits state's power, not expands it?
mathematic
Mar 2024
#14
IMO SCOTUS got one thing right, that a state, any state, doesn't have the authority to not allow a candidate...
brush
Mar 2024
#18
True as that is, he hasn't been tried and convicted for that or any other actions related to January 6.
Jedi Guy
Mar 2024
#21
Okay. You're entitled to believe whatever you like, even if it isn't true. N/T
Jedi Guy
Mar 2024
#25
Does this mean states can't disqualified candidates running for state or any lower office?
LiberalFighter
Mar 2024
#22
not really a good argument for letting an actual traitor back into office. Basically a strawman argument.
Blues Heron
Mar 2024
#47
The 14th Amendment specifies a qualifier, just as Articles I, II, Am XXII.
Hermit-The-Prog
Mar 2024
#45