Excellent. Surprising that it was unanimous, but a good sign that the justices can sometimes put aside their personal political biases in favor of the Constitution.
The Supreme Court’s Monday ruling that Donald Trump should appear on the ballot in Colorado is a massive victory for the former president, vanquishing one of the many legal threats that have both plagued and animated his campaign against President Joe Biden.
Using the 14th Amendment to derail Trump’s candidacy has always been seen as a legal longshot, but gained significant momentum with a win in Colorado’s top court in December, on its way to the US Supreme Court. Since that decision, Trump was also removed from the ballot in Maine and Illinois.
I predicted that a bitch slap was coming… I didn’t guess it would be unanimous. That’s gotta sting!
As lawfare, the Dems got pretty good mileage out of this. Sure, they lost on the merits, but it was always about punishing Trump with the process. Lefties will just ramp up their rhetoric about expanding the court until they can gain a clear advantage or abolishing the court altogether to protect their version of democracy. At a bare minimum they’re going to increase their extrajudicial activities while painting the entire judicial system as illegitimate. Protecting democracy, doncha know.
I agree Merlin, seeing SNLs “Big Bench” sketch has telegraphed the renewed interest in court packing.