On what should have been the day that Donald Trump begins his Federal Trial in Washington DC, the SCOTUS unanimously ruled that states cannot remove him from the ballot without congressional action, however they do not rule that he is not an insurrectionist. Election scholar Matthew Seligman, author of “how to steal a presidential election” joins Karen to discuss.
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I just got finished reading the Supreme Court Ruling. 3 things stood out and gives me hope.
1. They only ruled on rather or not Trump could be removed from the Ballot.
2. They did not deny that Trump was a Charged Insurrectionist.
3. They did not deny the the Presidency is an Office, and that the President is an Officer.
18 U.S.C. 2383 is a Federal Law and the Supreme Court must uphold Federal Laws. So by the Supreme Court not objecting to or ruling on these last two points they are letting them stand. So all we need to do is find a lawyer willing to stand up to the Supreme Court and get Trump's disqualification enacted post haste!!!!!!!!!
Listen to the recent speeches given by Delusional Donald. His dream is to achieve his own Reich. Let's crush his little dreams by voting blue for a safe and sane future.
Jan 2025 is key date when Trump can’t hold office. Elect him but refuse to swear him in.
We'll turn the temp down when the Supreme Court remembers how the Constitution works.
Why can't the Senate hold a vote to lift the insurrection disability. Either it fails or succeeds. If it fails then it doesn't matter whether the house holds a vote. Trump would be disbarred. Period.
PRESENTLY TRUMP THE RAPER IS LOOKING FOR LAWYERS TO DEMAND AND CLAIM THST THE 2024 ELECTION EAS RIGGED IF BIDEN WINS ALREADY HOW CAN HE AFFORD TO PAY MORE LAWYERS? WOULD THIS HAVE TO SEE WITH THE NICE VISIT OF URBAN WHAT TRUMP COULD HAVE SOLD TO PUTIN THROUGH URBAN? CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OF THE USA? IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SEMSE THAT URBAN OUT OF THE BLUE CAME TO SAY HI…….? HE CAME TO PICK UP SOMETHING!!!!!
SCOTUS making a constitutional question into a political question. Bad form justices.
We just want to see Rump in prison for a life sentence!!!! LONG OVERDUE!!!!
Take all of the felonies he did as President, and all of the illegal 💩 he did after the fact and still does, plus the past 50 years plus, and this orange turd should have been imprisoned decades ago!!!!
Here's a Lawyer type thought: Since the States can't enforce Articles of the Constitution, then, by extension, they also lack the authority to enforce Federal Statutes.
Only blue states were going to take him off the ballot anyway, Liberal justices didn't need to fight on this hill
If trump wins taking down my flag. what a disgrace.and the judges. There will trouble in the future
By the way, prosecutors have tried to go after Al Capone on other crimes none of which was successful, but got him on tax fraud. So it was the right strategy.
If Trump wins some immunity, let Biden use it to transport Trump and cronies to Russia.
SCOTUS blew this, Dobbs, Heller, Citizens United and others badly. He solution was to affirm Colorado's decision and use that to disqualify Trump. This was just ignoring their duty and kicking the can down the road.
We the People of the United States of Americacwill have to takes it upon ourselves to vote Vlue and get rid of DJT. Oir Government is weak and affraid of one stupid man.
When fascism starts to snowball, all precedence and rules will be thrown out the window. It's a mistake to fight with the presumption that the rightwing is going to be fair, honest & democratic.
I don't understand how SCOTUS is reconciling 14.3's "But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability," with the concept that Congress would have to /apply/ the disability to start with. Why would they disqualify somebody just to turn around and re-qualify them? Or what would prevent a Congress, after an election, from deciding they don't like the winner and applying the disqualification after the election (like DT is saying should happen)? And then the other party wins and removes it. Seems like the sort of political whiplash they wanted to avoid. Also, the state/CREW should've skipped the whole "shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion" part of 14.3 and gone for "or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof" since DT has certainly given aid and comfort (promising to pardon those convicted of insurrection) to "enemies thereof" (committing insurrection would make you an "enem[y] thereof", no?). Would've been a whole lot easier to argue.
I think one good answer about what Congress should do is for Democrats to present a package of amnesty bills formally and publicly to both the House and Senate, each one aiming to remove 14th Amendment disqualification from a participant in the insurrection, including Trump. In order to succeed, 2/3 votes in both houses are required. If either chamber refuses to take any of them up (the House) or if any is brought to a vote and fails to reach the required supermajority (the Senate), the disqualification for the individual in that bill would stand. This would be Congressional action confirming the disqualification(s), as called for by SCOTUS.
So, if President Biden loses the election and uses fake electors and attacks the Capitol to try to overthrow our government, the Supreme Court will let him stay in office… right?!?
Holy sheet it's almost like scotus has been bought and paid for.
It shouldn't be anymore life time political positions and the people should be allowed to vote for all judges and Supreme Court Judges.
The State does have the right to decide who can be on the ballot because one contacted State officials to manipulate them to change voting information to help him win the presidency, it doesn't fall under federal, rather one was in the White House or not, the State can pick it up once one engaged trying to get them to interact in criminal activities and the Supreme Court should have never taken it up because that should have stayed at the State level. There's no respector of person with God only with man but you still reap what you sow. There's no right way to wrong because it will catch up to you sooner than later.
If anyone does Federal crimes the State can't touch it because it's at a Federal level. How can Federal touch State crimes. Make it make sense
The WHOLE court must be disbanded and reformed. We the people are the true power in America not 9 judges. 6 right wing maga Traitors and 3 sell outs. Why listen to a corrupt SCOTUS. 💙💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
From the UK,it seems bif is taking the power …again!
How can SCOTUS say states don’t have authority to keep a candidate off the ballot when in fact states have already done so like Nevada has their own Republican Party affiliation criteria which wasn’t met therefore Trump was not on the ballot and had to be a write in as well as another state (forgot which one) didn’t have Biden on their ballot also having to be a write in vote. Also, another state required a signed affidavit that you won’t cause an insurrection is a requirement to be on ballot otherwise you’re not eligible. I recall Trump had not signed it at that time last Fall.
Individual states run their elections and primaries differently, based upon their own constitutions. If there were any basis to the Court’s ruling, it would make it possible for the Feds to boot people from ballots, as well. I dislike that blonde psycho from Georgia, who is a classless, witless, antagonistic hypocrite. Can the Federal government remove her from the ballot, since the first thing she did after winning her first election was to participate in the attempted coup? She even requested a pardon from 45! She knows she’s a guilty traitor to the country. Georgia didn’t remove her, when they had the chance. Therefore, the Feds should interfere in Georgia, too. (And every state with voter suppression and gerrymandering determined representatives).
This SCOTUS should be dissolved, as it has repeatedly misinterpreted the Constitution, and set the basis for an authoritarian regime to seize power. If they give absolute immunity to 45, President Biden should immediately dissolve the illegitimate court, and recreate the Court with term limits, rotation to the lower courts, and enhanced minimum qualification requirements for eligibility. This corrupt SCOTUS has members taking bribes from Plutocrats, whose companies have cases before the court. It’s bribery, Alito, and Thomas have taken multiple bribes and Do Not belong there. They belong in prison. Every decision this court has made should be nullified, or at the very least, overturned.
The arrogance of Alito and Thomas has been fueled by their lifetime appointments. They are breaking the laws and flaunting their privileges, as if they’re unimpeachable. Why? Why are our Senators shirking their responsibility?
Oh yeah, I know. It just hit me…
Senator McConnell could ram impeachments through the Senate, but he just had a suspicious death in his family. And suddenly endorses Tchrump, and resigns his leadership position…
The evil one is consolidating his power, and putting screws to Republican leaders in Congress in order to keep it.
What’s the point of this video? The decision was already made. It’s done. We should be thinking about how to salvage what’s left of this country.
So does it means any one that commits treason can be elected to the the rule of a country. Omg help us😅😢😮
Keep fighting is right. Thank you.
Yes the supreme court is worthless
That's why we wanted State Secretaries of State to remove Trump from the ballot immeduately, as a 25-year-old would be removed. It would have been clean. Republicans would leave him on, but the Supreme Court decision would have produced a uniform decision–all 50 states!!! Following the Constitution, the law of the land, Trump is clearly disqualified. I'm alll for indicting SCOTUS for treason and obstruction. They are co-conspirators after the fact and shame on the three left-leaning justices for concurring. We trusted them to uphold the Constitution; instead, they nullified the insurrectionist disqualification clause!
OK, major holes. What can be done about?
That's because all non justice of the court are in donald trump's pocket and they should be ashamed of themselves for even being on the call court system and call themselves justice
That's because the republicans are too afraid of donald trump because he I think he has something on all of those republicans who are a bunch of wooses that's what I think
Not only do SCOTUS and GOP congress members make their corruption completely transparent, they are gloating about it.
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Doesn’t the fact that majorities in both houses of Congress (232-197 House and 57-43 Senate) voting to impeach and convict Trump of insurrection hold any legal relevance of Congress already acting to disqualify him under the 14th amendment section 3, even though the 2/3 vote for conviction wasn’t met?
Scrotus downing the temperature 🤣🤣🤣🤣, being putin paid
Supreme Court justices are just like all fascist Christians. When Christians encounter a bible scripture that says something they don't like, what do they do? They claim it can't be taken literally but needs their manipulative interpretation. The same strategy is being used today by rogue corrupt Supreme Court justices.
Are you shocked that the SCOTUS finally issued a legal opinion designed to keep Trump on the ballot? They ignored the historical record of what the framers of the 14th Amendment "originally" intended, nullifying the 14th Amendment by insisting upon imposing additional disqualification hurdles that don't exist in the 14th Amendment.
With this ruling, Section 5 now serves the exact opposite of the framer's original intended purpose. Instead of preventing insurrectionists from seeking or holding public office, it now offers them a pathway to seek and hold public office.
So we're supposed to accept that since fascist Republicans control both the SCOTUS and the House of Representatives, you can wipe your ass with the Constitution's 14th Amendment if you think Republicans will do anything to prevent a Republican insurrectionist from holding public office. Incredible!
The SCOTUS's so-called "originalists" are nothing of the sort, but rather they are corrupt jurists who don't give a damn what the Constitution says or what the framers "originally" intended.