Supreme Court rules Trump cannot be kicked off Colorado ballot

[thesquanderer]

135. That's a good counterpoint. There is no constitutional requirement for a candidate to be on the ballot in all states,

and as you point out, many times, they are not.

I wasn't commenting on the validity of their arguments, just pointing out what they were... but yes, that aspect does seem weak. I think the SC could really have made the same decision leaving that part out altogether. Which I guess is consistent with the statements from the liberal judges, that the court unnecessarily went farther than it had to to reach the conclusion that it did.

Bacl to my comment, I was replying to the comment that "Elections are run by states. NOT congress." But there are limits on state controls over federal elections. Like, the Constitution says nobody under 35 can be president. If states could make their own eligibility requirements, a state could conceivably add a requirement that candidates must be under 80 (which a red state could use to keep Biden off the ballot). I know, it's not the same thing, but the point is, states do not have entirely free reign to determine who can be on a federal ballot.