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- antitrumpalliance@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- antitrumpalliance@lemmy.world
The Colorado Supreme Court is removing former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot, saying he is ineligible to be president.
In a stunning and unprecedented decision, the Colorado Supreme Court removed former President Donald Trump from the stateās 2024 ballot, ruling that he isnāt an eligible presidential candidate because of the 14th Amendmentās āinsurrectionist ban.ā
āEven when the siege on the Capitol was fully underway, he continued to support it by repeatedly demanding that Vice President (Mike) Pence refuse to perform his constitutional duty and by calling Senators to persuade them to stop the counting of electoral votes.
āPresident Trumpās direct and express efforts, over several months, exhorting his supporters to march to the Capitol to prevent what he falsely characterized as an alleged fraud on the people of this country were indisputably overt and voluntary.ā
Ratified after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment says officials who take an oath to support the Constitution are banned from future office if they āengaged in insurrection.ā But the wording is vague, it doesnāt explicitly mention the presidency, and has only been applied twice since 1919.
We have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and finally put an end to these unAmerican lawsuits,ā Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement.
Chief Justice Brian Boatright, one of the three dissenters on the seven-member court, wrote that he believes Colorado election law āwas not enacted to decide whether a candidate engaged in insurrection,ā and said he would have dismissed the challenge to Trumpās eligibility.
LINKS
AP: Colorado Supreme Court bans Trump from the stateās ballot under Constitutionās insurrection clause | @negativenull@startrek.website
Washington Post: Donald Trump is barred from Coloradoās 2024 primary ballot, the state Supreme Court rules | @silence7@slrpnk.net
CNBC: Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies Trump from 2024 ballot, pauses ruling to allow appeal | @return2ozma
NBC News: Colorado Supreme Court kicks Donald Trump off the stateās 2024 ballot for violating the U.S. Constitution. | 18-24-61-B-17-17-4
CNN: Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from 2024 ballot | A Phlaming Phoenix
CNN:Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from 2024 ballot based on 14th Amendmentās āinsurrectionist banā | @Boddhisatva
New York Times: Trump Is Disqualified From the 2024 Ballot, Colorado Supreme Court Rules | @silence7@slrpnk.net
If Republicans are using that tactic, itās only cause they learned it from you.
Burning down buildings, looting businesses, assaulting people, property damage, physically intimidating people, murder = āsummer of loveā and āmostly peaceful protestsā.
Black lives matter ą² _ą²
āThey started itā
Whenās the last time that worked out as a defense? 1st grade? Kindergarten?
Even assuming your point was accurate, thatās a pretty weak argument dude.
Hang on, need to stretch a bit so I can get my head far enough up my ass to see their point.
Itās nice you went mask off so we know your actual position.
Whatās my position, that BLM is a bullshit corrupt organization, shown time and time again through their fraudulent behavior? That criminal acts should not be excused as āmostly peacefulā or āsummer of loveā? That the left used gaslighting to excuse abhorrent and illegal actions because it was their side doing it?
Seriously, whatās your point?
That you should fuck off.
Guys, guys, hold up. Did you see this shit? There are OTHER people that committed OTHER crimes too! Why are we even paying attention to the leader of the free world trying to take over one of the biggest and by far the most powerful/dangerous country? Who the hell Is going to fix that window in the front of Macyās!?
Yeah, the problem is those āother peopleā didnāt face any actual consequences because their cause was an emotional response to racial injustice or some such nonsense. Crime is crime and should be punished as such. I donāt give a shit if you think it was justified.
Iād like to also add this story in which rioters set fire to multiple buildings in close proximity to the White House and faced zero consequences because it was a āpeaceful protestā rather than an āinsurrectionā.
Okay grandma letās get you back to bed
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lol, the world is bigger than Seattle. Why would I be familiar with some speculation about how CHOP could have turned out?
In other news Iāve heard that āantifaā burned down whole cities, is that any more sensible?
The world IS bigger than Seattle, I agree. That being said, Seattle is a key US city, and as such what happens there has cultural and political ramifications for our country as a whole. The fact that you are either dismissing and/or not aware of what happened there is a little troubling and makes me question your qualifications to hold an opinion on the matter.
As for the obviously hyperbolic claim that āwhole cities were burned downā, thatās absurd. As someone who lives very near Los Angeles, I can tell you that there absolutely was widespread looting, vandalism, protests/riots, and violence. This was not localized and spread both into Orange County as well as the Inland Empire. I know this because 1. I saw it with my own eyes, and 2. I had multiple clients reach out to me and reschedule because they needed to shutter their businesses and board up their store fronts with plywood to prevent them from being smashed and looted.
Since weāre sharing articles, how about this one that talks about two individuals who burned down a Wendyās. Both individuals pleaded guilty of 1st degree arson and as a result got a slap on the wrist ($500 fine and 150 hours of community service). Explain to me how thatās even remotely a reasonable punishment for burning down a buildingā¦