State’s highest court declares former president ineligible for White House under the US constitution’s insurrection clause

Interesting development here in Colorado regarding Trump and the 14th amendment.

    • derekabutton@lemmy.worldEnglish
      135·
      11 months ago

      Not relevant here, because states decide how their ballots are run. It’s similar to how some states can prevent felons from voting for life.

      • Rusticus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        11 months ago

        They already stayed their decision until Jan 4 to give the SCOTUS time to rule on this.

      • cowfodder@lemmy.worldEnglish
        72·
        11 months ago

        Yeah, the 14th amendment to the Constitution of The United States of America isn’t relevant here…

        Adding /s because some people don’t understand context.

        • andrewta@lemmy.worldEnglish
          42·
          11 months ago

          If it’s not relevant then why did they stay their decision until scotus can rule?(If Trump decides to take it to the Supreme Court)

          • cowfodder@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            11 months ago

            Did you really not read the comment I was responding to, or should I have added /s to it because some people are incapable of understanding context?

      • Maeve@kbin.social
        2·
        11 months ago

        A lot of felons* may not have the money machine to pay the lawyers to fight all the way to the Supreme Court. And there’s also the supremacy clause, so idk, which is why I’d like to hear from a con law pro, attorney or paralegal.

        • That was an embarrassing autocorrect.