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Trump banned from Colorado ballot - pally - 12-19-2023 next step SCOTUS https://apnews.com/article/trump-insurrection-14th-amendment-2024-colorado-d16dd8f354eeaf450558378c65fd79a2 Quote:DENVER (AP) — A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race. RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - NATI BENGALS - 12-20-2023 The intent of the text in constitution seems clear to me. “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.” RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - BIGDADDYFROMCINCINNATI - 12-20-2023 (12-20-2023, 01:00 AM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: The intent of the text in constitution seems clear to me. There's a reason this was put into the Constitution and it was to hinder anyone of thought of staging a coup. By Trump's logic, even Jefferson Davis could have run for President after the Civil War. For those of you who may not know, Jefferson Davis was president of the Confederate States of America. Colorado made the correct decision by keeping Benedict Donald the Traitor Trump off the ballot as he is the very definition of an insurrectionist. I expect more states to follow Colorado's lead. So for those of you who want to say, "Congress should decide." It's spelled out that Congress can remove such disability by a vote of 2/3 of each house, meaning both the House of Reps and the Senate. RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - NATI BENGALS - 12-20-2023 Dude lied and tried to abuse his power and take over the country against the will of the people. 3rd world shithole country type stuff RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - basballguy - 12-20-2023 Another example of when the courts become theater. The Supreme Court will shut this shit down. RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - Goalpost - 12-20-2023 I think this will backfire. RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - StoneTheCrow - 12-20-2023 (12-20-2023, 08:14 AM)basballguy Wrote: Another example of when the courts become theater. The Supreme Court will shut this shit down. A couple sneak peaks at the playbook: https://x.com/sunnyright/status/1737323423448113265?s=46&t=0fdWHkAtFeOeT5pnvxEBSA https://x.com/sunnyright/status/1737322091152658559?s=46&t=0fdWHkAtFeOeT5pnvxEBSA RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - CJD - 12-20-2023 Yea, this isn't going to stand. RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - GMDino - 12-20-2023 (12-20-2023, 03:56 AM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Dude lied and tried to abuse his power and take over the country against the will of the people. And while you would think the gop would support "state's rights" and "the law" this will be portrayed as "politically motivated" and an "activist court" in action! But it doesn't really matter. P01135809 could be convicted and jailed and have a signed confession from him and they would say it is a "witch hunt", nominate him and write him in anyway. At least it give him something more to grift with. RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - CKwi88 - 12-20-2023 I get the idea of propping up Trump, he's probably the only viable candidate that Biden can beat. But this is probably going to backfire hard. RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - Belsnickel - 12-20-2023 So, here are my thoughts. I agree with the decision of the Colorado supreme court. I think a plain reading of the 14th and taking it to the reasonable conclusion that those writing it would not have intended to exclude the office of POTUS from it is accurate and if the facts support Trump as having taken part in an insurrection then he should not be on the ballot. That is logically and legally sound. So what will we see from SCOTUS? I suspect that we will not see them take it up in time for Trump to be removed from the Colorado primary ballot. There is a stay in place until the deadline for finalizing that ballot and given the typical speed of things in the courts, nothing will happen by then. This also will not be one of the partisan 6-3 decisions. I predict that this will be either 7-2 or 8-1 in Trump's favor. SCOTUS is not going to take the position of the courts overriding the ability for the people to vote for whom they want. At least, that will be the reasoning behind the votes for the more liberal justices and probably the majority opinion. Alito and Thomas will have some bootlicking opinion that results in the same answer but is much more deferential to RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - Bengalion - 12-20-2023 And yet it's Democrats who scream Republicans are a threat to democracy. Trump is such a huge threat to democracy that we can't risk letting people democratically reelect him. Dems logic, if you don't play by the Dems rules you can't win. That's how Stalinists play the game. "The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do" - Joseph Stalin. RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - Millhouse - 12-20-2023 (12-20-2023, 12:45 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: So, here are my thoughts. I agree with the decision of the Colorado supreme court. I think a plain reading of the 14th and taking it to the reasonable conclusion that those writing it would not have intended to exclude the office of POTUS from it is accurate and if the facts support Trump as having taken part in an insurrection then he should not be on the ballot. That is logically and legally sound. Agreed unfortunately. RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - GMDino - 12-20-2023 (12-20-2023, 12:52 PM)Bengalion Wrote: And yet it's Democrats who scream Republicans are a threat to democracy. Trump is such a huge threat to democracy that we can't risk letting people democratically reelect him. I'm guessing Stalinists would just kill the guy they did not want running. This is something that is a constitutional question. And if he isn't on the ballot (he will be) people can still vote for him. I get votes all the time in our local elections and I've never ran for an office...lol. Now, if some of his supporters can spell his name is another question. RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - Sociopathicsteelerfan - 12-20-2023 (12-20-2023, 12:45 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: So, here are my thoughts. I agree with the decision of the Colorado supreme court. I think a plain reading of the 14th and taking it to the reasonable conclusion that those writing it would not have intended to exclude the office of POTUS from it is accurate and if the facts support Trump as having taken part in an insurrection then he should not be on the ballot. That is logically and legally sound. You saved me some typing. I'd only add that, unless it is very cut dried the courts should be ruling on the side of letting the actual voters decide. I would be very leery of the courts establishing a precedent of picking and choosing who can run for political office. RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - BIGDADDYFROMCINCINNATI - 12-20-2023 (12-20-2023, 12:52 PM)Bengalion Wrote: And yet it's Democrats who scream Republicans are a threat to democracy. Trump is such a huge threat to democracy that we can't risk letting people democratically reelect him. The Colorado Supreme Court used the language Justice Gorsich used to disqualify someone from the Colorado ballot when he was on the Colorado Supreme Court. I doubt he'll contradict himself. I see the SCOTUS punting this and finding a reason to stay out of it. MAGA reasoning- Elections only work if we win. If not, call everything rigged, tell a BIG LIE, and keep repeating it until ppl start to believe it. Attempt a Coup, attack the laws of the Constitutional process of peaceful transfer, and claim democracies throughout history have always failed and it was time for ours to end. Demonize immigrants convince ppl they are vermin and poisoning the blood of the true American Christian national race. Appoint a dictator and convince ppl he's the only one who can save us. Seig Heil Furher! RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - Nately120 - 12-20-2023 This is like telling your teen daughter not to date a drug dealer. RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - NATI BENGALS - 12-20-2023 If we ignore the constitution on this then we need to ignore the constitution on the electoral college. RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - Nately120 - 12-20-2023 (12-20-2023, 02:40 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: If we ignore the constitution on this then we need to ignore the constitution on the electoral college. Oh I could see us ignoring the EC soon. RE: Trump banned from Colorado ballot - Sociopathicsteelerfan - 12-20-2023 (12-20-2023, 02:40 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: If we ignore the constitution on this then we need to ignore the constitution on the electoral college. You're acting like the Dems haven't been advocating for this for years now. Also, the matter at hand is hardly a open and shut case. You will recall that the initial trial judge did not remove Trump from the ballot. The appeals court did that. So if the SCOTUS overrules them is that ok, or is a decision only correct when you agree with it? (12-20-2023, 02:42 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Oh I could see us ignoring the EC soon. Like I said above, the Dems have been pushing for this for quite some time. |