In arguments Thursday, the justices will, for the first time, wrestle with a constitutional provision that was adopted after the Civil War to prevent former officeholders who “engaged in insurrection” from reclaiming power.

The case is the court’s most direct involvement in a presidential election since Bush v. Gore, a decision delivered a quarter-century ago that effectively delivered the 2000 election to Republican George W. Bush. It comes to a court that has been buffeted by criticism over ethics, which led the justices to adopt their first code of conduct in November, and at a time when public approval of the court is diminished, at near-record lows in surveys.

The dispute stems from the push by Republican and independent voters in Colorado to kick Trump off the state’s Republican primary ballot because of his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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    • it is up to Congress to rule that he did engage and since the second impeachment failed they did so already

    • The president isn’t an officer of the US

    • Being on the ballet is a state level issue and the states have no mechanism for removal as the constitution is written

    • It wasn’t insurrection it was a riot

    • He really isn’t on the ballet, the electors are

    See it is easy if the truth doesn’t matter.

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      All of those things are wrong. They’ve been directly addressed and none of those arguments are winnable except maybe a definition of insurrection, but storming the Capitol violently qualifies by any laymen’s understanding of the word.

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        Well, considering they’ve made rulings based on entirely fabricated evidence, I’m not very confident.

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        Cool so I am sure the Supreme Court cares that someone said that they were wrong and will do the right thing. Which is why a fetus has more rights than a woman does.