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.