Cowardly #SCOTUS Justices Appear Skeptical of Arguments to Kick #Trump Off State Ballots
The #SupremeCourt heard arguments about whether TFG’s attempts to subvert the #2020election#disqualify him from again holding office. Justices across the ideological spectrum questioned several aspects of a ruling from the #Colorado Supreme Court.
Some of the justices expressed skepticism toward those claims, suggesting that Trump’s lawyer was trying to parse the letter of the law beyond reason. #law
"Section 3 was enacted for such a time as this, and for such a figure as Trump."
Our #Constitution gives us tools to protect against those who undermine our democracy, and we must use them.
Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill writes in a powerful amicus brief to #scotus in Trump v. Anderson, the case that may determine whether Donald Trump would be eligible to hold office.
#Section3 of the #14th Amendment is the #constitutional provision at the heart of the appeal before the justices. Oral arguments are set for next Thursday.
This section bans insurrectionists from office who previously swore to support the Constitution, isn’t a “historical relic” but rather was “designed to ensure that the ambitious rights that the 14th Amendment guarantees can withstand the resistance that its framers knew was sure to recur — not just in the immediate post-War period, but far into the future.
A century & a half ago, Confederate Gen Joseph Orville Shelby splashed into the wild waters of the Rio Grande off this border city & fled to Mexico, refusing to surrender to Union soldiers.
Now the park named in his honor (?) has become a front line in a feud between the #state & the #federal govt — a power struggle over who ultimately has the right to control the border….
Unprecedented migration has made this #border county’s 74 miles of riverfront the scene of an unfolding #human & #constitutional drama. The huge number of #migrants who have crossed the river & the crackdown designed to stop that flow have attracted the attention of everyone from #ImmigrantRights activists to #racist#militias curious to see whether the #federal supremacy that withstood a civil war will survive once more.