A weeklong hearing on one lawsuit to bar Trump from the ballot in Colorado begins Monday, while on Thursday oral arguments are scheduled before the Minnesota Supreme Court on an effort to kick the Republican former president off the ballot in that state.
Whether the judges keep Trump on the ballot or boot him, their rulings are likely to be swiftly appealed, eventually to the U.S. Supreme Court. The nation’s highest court has never ruled on the Civil War-era provision in the 14th Amendment that prohibits those who swore an oath to uphold the constitution and then “engaged in insurrection” against it from holding higher office.
What would prevent them from arguing that was improper, and thus invalid?
The fact that they don’t even have to argue. They don’t have to justify their decisions to anyone, really, since there’s no oversight.
The same thing that prevents the Executive Branch from ignoring their rulings.
If they are going to play Calvinball, Biden should take a page from Andrew Jackson ask them how they plan on enforcing any of that.
I think that would be terribly dangerous for Thomas’ continued freedom, with all the light being shined upon the bribes he’s taken. He’s still a Federal Officer & beholden to those laws despite his recent mouth-noises to the contrary.
A bayonet in their face probably