SCOTUS ruled 9-0 that the Colorado Supreme Court did not have the authority to keep PDJT off Colorado’s primary ballot via Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
According to the Supreme Court, States may only disqualify officeholders or candidates from state office. This power doesn’t extend to federal elections or officers. To quote, “Nothing in the Constitution delegates to the States any power to enforce Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates.”
This will end other challenges based on the 14th amendment in Maine and in Illinois. This should also end unresolved challenges a host of other states. This was a monkey see, monkey do activity across much of the country. It was never a serious attempt. It was done to force the Trump campaign to spend money defending his right to be on the ballot.
Despite this decision being obvious to much of the country, the Left has truly lost its collective mind over this decision. Keith Olbermann, yes that one, the one who used to be a “sports Journalist,” lost his mind and called for the dissolution of the Court.
The Supreme Court has betrayed democracy. Its members including Jackson, Kagan and Sotomayor have proved themselves inept at reading comprehension. And collectively the "court" has shown itself to be corrupt and illegitimate.
It must be dissolved.
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 4, 2024
Olbermann called the justices “inept at reading comprehension.” Most 6th graders in the country would have arrived at the decision that the Court arrived at. There are no tortuous phrasing or other legal mumbo jumbo to confuse people. So, just who is inept at reading comprehension?
There have the usual calls to pack the Court which happens anytime the Left loses a case there. In this case, it would have taken 10 more justices to even hope to have a change in the decision.
As Victor Nieves notes, the Left knows “that Trump 2024 is inevitable and they have mentally snapped. Thousands of democrats have now openly shown their support for dissolving an entire branch of government because it is going to allow the people to vote for the candidate they prefer.
Just who is a threat to our “democracy?”