As much as I’d love to see other states follow, I don’t see how this would be relevant in any other state. It’s a state supreme court ruling on a issue within their own state. Any other state trying to claim precedence would be really strange
It’s a constitutional amendment that was ruled on. The Constitution applies the same in all states. If it were just Colorado law I think it would be much harder to appeal the ruling to the US Supreme Court.
It’s been reaffirmed many, many times that states are allowed to do essentially whatever they please when it comes to how they run their own election, outside of discriminating against protected classes. Even if it were to get shot down, they could pass a law simply disallowing their electors from voting for Trump.
Except that’s my point. SCOTUS has held that up every step of the way. Even with how absolutely fucked the current court is, I honestly doubt they’re going to decide to throw state’s rights to control their elections out the window, considering they’d effectively be signing the electoral college’s death warrant
There are two issues here. I don’t think the Supreme Court can’t decide if he goes on the ballot, but they can decide if he’s eligible to become president.
States can put Trump on the ballot and send electors for him, but if the Supreme Court rules that he’s ineligible, he can no more become president than if he were a child or a foreign national.
Cool, if only the states he has a chance of winning would follow suit.
precedent! a ruling here could be used in a non hostile state!
As much as I’d love to see other states follow, I don’t see how this would be relevant in any other state. It’s a state supreme court ruling on a issue within their own state. Any other state trying to claim precedence would be really strange
It’s a constitutional amendment that was ruled on. The Constitution applies the same in all states. If it were just Colorado law I think it would be much harder to appeal the ruling to the US Supreme Court.
It’s been reaffirmed many, many times that states are allowed to do essentially whatever they please when it comes to how they run their own election, outside of discriminating against protected classes. Even if it were to get shot down, they could pass a law simply disallowing their electors from voting for Trump.
The supreme court case that follows is what they are referring to and that CAN affect other states
Except that’s my point. SCOTUS has held that up every step of the way. Even with how absolutely fucked the current court is, I honestly doubt they’re going to decide to throw state’s rights to control their elections out the window, considering they’d effectively be signing the electoral college’s death warrant
There are two issues here. I don’t think the Supreme Court can’t decide if he goes on the ballot, but they can decide if he’s eligible to become president.
States can put Trump on the ballot and send electors for him, but if the Supreme Court rules that he’s ineligible, he can no more become president than if he were a child or a foreign national.
(Caveat: IANAL)
Note that this applies to the primary also, so it might damage him by encouraging his Republican challengers to stay in the race.
Nah his supporters will write him in for sure.
And that would be a literal wasted vote as it won’t count.
Win-win.
Ahh but can they spell it correctly?
Theyll spell it Drumpf and try to get the votes on a technicality
Not how write ins work
Those people just won’t turn out at all