Mob boss warns: “I just hope we get fair treatment,” Trump said at an Iowa rally Friday. “Because if we don’t, our country’s in big, big trouble. Does everybody understand what I’m saying?”
Trump also complained of Democrats casting doubt on the court because Trump appointed three of its justices, claiming that they are attempting to put undue political pressure on the court’s decisions.
“They’re saying, ‘Oh, Trump owns the Supreme Court, he owns it. He owns it. If they make a decision for him, it will be terrible. It’ll ruin their reputations,” he said. “‘He owns the Supreme Court. He put on three judges. He owns the Supreme Court. If they rule in his favor, it will be horrible for them. And we’ll protest at their houses.’”
“That puts pressure on people to do the wrong thing. What they’re doing is no different than Bobby Knight,” he continued, referring to the legendary college basketball coach famous for raucous arguments with referees.
Supreme Court rules that Colorado’s decision is upheld, more states can follow through with their own bans towards Trump.
Supreme Court rules that Colorado’s decision must be overturned, it sets a precedent for federal regulation of state election processes (which red states have been the most resistant towards).
I’m not counting on the Supreme Court not finding some way to fuck everything up, but the decision could be a win-win. Kick Trump off the ballot, or kickstart federal election reform.
Supreme Court: Consitution doesn’t have anything to do with primaries. You could run Airbud in a primary and he could win it - but he would be ineligible for the general. Come back after the primaries and we will rule on Trump’s eligibility in like March of 25.
You forgot option C: Supreme Court rules that Colorado’s decision must be overturned, and Republicans spend the year roadblocking everything with extreme prejudice until the election. That’s how they got 3 Supreme Court Judge picks while blocking Democrats from picking.
That’s option two, the sheep will cry bloody murder regardless.
Supreme Court somehow tortures logic to say trump gets whatever he wants, everybody else can fuck off.
What the SC will decide is that every state has the right to run their elections. Trump will get banned from states that have laws preventing ineligible candidates from appearing on the ballot, and Red states remove Biden from their ballots because they are regressive shit heads.
I’m surprised they even want anything to do with this. I don’t there is a decision they can make that won’t piss off half the country no matter what.
If they decide states have a right to control who can be banned from running in an election, then there is a clear pathway for states to ban anyone who does not align with their views from being on a ballet - See: Missouri Secretary of State stating Biden will be banned if the bans against Trump stand. Tit for tat becomes the standard.
Or if the decision is to say states don’t have the right to ban a obviously evil candidate, then there is no pathway to prevent evil from winning.
Or if they say this ONLY applies to Trump, then evil wins again and open violence becomes a very real risk.