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Supreme Court agrees to weigh whether Trump can be kicked off ballot in Colorado (www.nbcnews.com)
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The justices will review a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that said Trump could be barred from the Republican primary ballot in that state, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruling is likely to have national repercussions, potentially setting guidelines that would determine how every other state would handle the issue.

The brief order said the case would be argued on an accelerated schedule on Feb. 8, indicating that a ruling will follow soon after.

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[–] 101 points 2 years ago (9 children)

"There is also the possibility that if Trump is kicked off the ballot, Republicans could take retaliatory action by doing the same to President Joe Biden. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has already floated such a move."

I wonder that excuse they'll dream up to try to pull this off.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    The one I've heard floated is not securing the border to their satisfaction somehow constitutes insurrection and since a lot of people have argued there doesn't have to be any conviction or factual determination by a court it would stick just as well as the Jan 6th stuff against Trump.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    That just means every member of congress is an insurrectionist because they have just as much or more power to change that.

    It is not insurrection in either todays definition or the 14ths contemporary definition, and that would be slapped down.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If we enforce the law it might be enforced badly. Is a pretty bad argument.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's a bad argument to consider not enforcing the law, but it's not an incorrect statement. Republicans responded to the impeachment of Trump by continously trying to impeach Biden. They're responding to the insurrection by pointing at things dems do and yelling insurrection.

    It's dumb and incorrect, but it's pretty effective at diluting the seriousness of those particular actions to their own voter base. You could argue that that's the point.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    And how is their trying going? Did they pull it off yet? They control the house and have such for nearly two years.

    It’s dumb and incorrect, but it’s pretty effective at diluting the seriousness of those particular actions to their own voter base. You could argue that that’s the point.

    Citation needed. I want you to show that polling has gone up for them as a result of their lackluster efforts.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I don't need to show you statistics to shed light on their intent. It's not hard to figure out what they're doing. It's also not hard to see that what they're doing is damage control. The result of that would be keeping their polls from going down, not making them go up. You can't prove a negative, so I don't know what you want me to do.

    As far as diluting the seriousness of what they've done, go turn on fox news. They blast Biden's "insurrection" and impeachment "proceedings" 24/7. Do you need more proof than that?

    Lastly, if you're trying to defend your original statement, you're preaching to the choir here. You don't have to be an asshole about it. It's a bit asinine to assert that they aren't doing it with intent.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    The only thing I have heard is that anyone who supported the BLM movement during the rioting is essentially supporting anti american values thus insurrection. I have heard this from a few separate places.

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