From Robert Reich:
Billie Eilish can’t run for president. She is under 35.Arnold Schwarzenegger can’t run for president. He was born in Austria.Donald Trump can’t run for president. He engaged in and supported an insurrection.It’s in the Constitution, folks.
Eta: there was already a post on the Reich quote. https://lemmy.world/post/9894249
Good. Fuck that traitor
We’re going to see if the country is run by laws, or this country is run by power. Too many have fantasized about ruling by power. Too long the opposition just blindly believed the system would check itself in an honor system. This case, from the home state of a confederate general, will reveal which path US chooses.
Every nation is run by both. That’s why the U.S. government was set up to have checks and balances. Clearly it’s not perfect, but no system is. At the end of the day, it’s a nation’s people that ultimately decide how their government behaves, even if that’s by apathy.
the home state of a confederate general
To be fair, also the state of Washington, Madison and 6 other presidents, more than any other state 🤷
Ah the real test: will a conservative state obey the law or the party.
Since we are ruled by the supreme court i’m not sure it will even matter.
oh, i really hope that the Colorado decision sets off a domino effect of state after state removing Trump from the ballot. It wouldn’t even take many to succeed to ensure he’d lose in 2024… but, of course, if SCOTUS takes up the case, he could be off the ballot everywhere forever.
–> i really hope that the Colorado decision sets off a domino effect
Won’t be the first time! Amirite!!!