The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled that former President Donald Trump can remain on the 2024 presidential ballot in a decision that comes one day before the Colorado Republican primary after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the top Republican contender is ineligible.
The Supreme Court ruled that the “responsibility for enforcing” the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection” clause “against federal officeholders and candidates rests with Congress and not the States.”
The decision strikes down the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that found Trump ineligible for the ballot due to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which contains a clause banning people who “engaged insurrection” from holding office. The state high court said he violated the amendment through his alleged involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the subsequent Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
The Supreme Court justices had indicated that they would rule in Trump’s favor last month after many of them appeared skeptical of arguments from Colorado plaintiffs in the case.
The three liberal justices – Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson – agreed with the majority’s judgment but offered a concurring opinion, which opened with a quote from Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that overturned the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade.
“If it is not necessary to decide more to dispose of a case, then it is necessary not to decide more,” the three justices quoted Dobbs in the opening of their concurrence.
Allowing Colorado to kick Trump off the ballot, “would, we agree, create a chaotic state-by-state patchwork, at odds with our Nation’s federalism principles,” the three liberal justices wrote. However, they said they disagree with the majority’s decision, which they feel would “insulate this Court and petitioner (Trump) from future controversy.”
Justice Amy Coney Barrett also offered a concurring opinion, writing that she thinks the court only needed to determine whether states lack the power to enforce the insurrection clause. “It does not require us to address the complicated question whether federal legislation is the exclusive vehicle through which Section 3 can be enforced,” she wrote.
Peronally I’d be all for legislation that clarified the rules around the disqualification of “oathbreaking insurrectionists” in the 14th amendment. Or better year, a new amendment. Not that I’m holding my breath that either will ever happen.
Just another sign that the Supreme Court as presently constituted is illegitimate!!!!!!! (sarc x 11) Or, nevermind.
However, they said they disagree with the majority’s decision, which they feel would “insulate this Court and petitioner (Trump) from future controversy.”
These Justices would much prefer that once the victim has been spitted; placed above the coals to be roasted: now withdrawn from the flames, he be kept upon the spit for any potential future processing.
It’s more efficient to their purpose, thus engaged. Reprieve? What reprieve?
I very much enjoy old episodes of the original What’s My Line?. They remind you that prominent people once aspired to wit and decorum. Another amusement is old episodes of I’ve Got a Secret, which were less structured. The third program in the trifecta was To Tell the Truth, which had the most entertaining game. There were syndicated versions of these produced after 1967, but the experience wasn’t quite the same.
Discovered an author, Cameron Hawley, who wrote novels centered on business in the 1950s & 1960s. Two of them were made into movies. I posted reviews here:
When we were kids, my older brother was very interested in theater and cinema, and was a huge fan of Liz Taylor. I’m not sure why, probably because she was not only a big star but also so outré. It annoyed my father so much that we had to refer to her as “that woman.”
That’s a great video clip. I hadn’t remembered the name of her husband Michael Wilding. I see that before Wilding, she was married to Conrad Hilton at the age of 18 for less than a year.
I have seen The Last Time I Saw Paris sometime in the last 10 years. Once you get past seeing Van Johnson in a leading romantic role, it’s a fairly good film.
Jon baker said:
“9-0. How often does that happen anymore?”
Much more often than you think, just not in the small percentage of cases that are politically charged.
I believe the Obama administration lost an unusually high number of 9-0 decisions, especially for a two term presidency. Note: this is not from the Biden regime.
Even the concurrence would just left it to the first reason, and not add others.
I was pretty sure the Supremes would reject the Colorado disqualification, if for no other reason than the Colorado Supremes were poaching the Big Dogs’ turf.
Still, it’s a relief to hear.
The Babylon Bee said it best:
____________________________________
In Major Blow To Democracy, Supreme Court Rules Voters Can Vote For Favorite Candidate
Now, on to the ridiculous cases and astonishingly over the top penalties of the New York “fraud” and E. Jean Carroll “rape”.
Looks like it is 5-4 to close off the possibility of a Democrat-controlled Congress refusing to certify a Trump victory in January by purporting to enforce the 14th Amendment.
Not that it will stop them from trying. There will be a certain perverse symmetry in Democrats using a half-cocked legal theory to refuse to certify a presidential election on the grounds that the winner . . . wait for it. . . used a half-cocked legal theory to try to prevent the certification of a presidential election.
Looks like it is 5-4 to close off the possibility of a Democrat-controlled Congress refusing to certify a Trump victory in January by purporting to enforce the 14th Amendment.
Bauxite:
This may be the greatest contribution the Notorious RBG made to America! 🙂
I do worry the Swamp is considering its sniper options in 2024.
I do worry the Swamp is considering its sniper options in 2024.
As do I. I’m not sure how scared, crazy, and desperate certain forces in the Swamp may become if they feel they have to resort to assassination. If that were to actually happen though… lets just say I’m not looking forward to Civil War II.
Now, what does this do to the Illinois Judge ruling?
flush it into lake michigan,
Not that I’ve paid any attention to such things, but apparently there were loads of legal “experts” all over the mainstream media who believed (or claimed to believe anyway) that the court would rule differently. After such horribly wrong predictions, these “experts” should probably not ever be heeded again. After all, a so called expert without accountability is no expert at all. Of course their true role is not to actually make accurate, realistic predictions based on evidence. Rather their role is to tell liberals what they want to hear while pushing narratives that are beneficial to the Left in general.
DURN!? Built my hut/house in 2009 on an acre – along the lines of an efficiency/studio apt. 320 sq ft of living space—so it’s sorta like a Red Neck mansion compared to 160 sq ft. It has 600 sq ft under roof tho, w/ what was a once a 280 sq ft dirt-floor carport—converted into a dirt-floor workshop last year. Paid cash for land, well, septic, and labor + materials – electric bill was $91 last month, so that 160 sq ft thing would be too expensive for me.
Interesting point being made elsewhere that basically goes like this: the uniparty establishment is nervous that some really bad times may be coming, so they want a fall guy, i.e. Trump to blame when the SHTF.
Speaking of the SCOTUS, it’s quite possible that the next president of the USA may have to nominate a new SCOTUS justice.
Thomas is 74
Alito is 72
Hopefully, if Trump is the nominee, those that would normally vote republican but will refuse to vote for Trump because of his oft times obnoxious statements, goof ball hair style, unattractive personality traits or simply to take a “stand on principle” (which is tantamount to shooting yourself in the head) will consider this possibility.
Recall that Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing allowed Trump to nominate Brett M. Kavanaugh to the court.
Also recall that Scalia died suddenly which put Ketanji Brown Jackson on the court. She admitted during her congressional hearings that she could not ascertain if an individual was male or female.
But that’s OK; she only needs to ascertain how the Constitution should be interpreted which is a much simpler task than figuring out the sex of a human.
Very entertaining clip.
For my mom’s generation the Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds triangle was a big deal. Sort of like Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and Jennifer Aniston, except people had fewer other distractions to take their mind off the story. Come to think of it, Liz repeated the saga with Richard and Sibyl Burton, but Sibyl wasn’t as compelling a figure.
Something I found out just now: although Taylor was born in England, her parents were Americans who had moved to Britain in the Twenties and moved back at the beginning of the war.
__________
Speaking of the SCOTUS, it’s quite possible that the next president of the USA may have to nominate a new SCOTUS justice.
Another reason why another Biden victory would be disastrous.
Recall that Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing allowed Trump to nominate Brett M. Kavanaugh to the court.
==
No, Anthony Kennedy’s resignation. Amy Coney Barrett replaced RBG.
== Also recall that Scalia died suddenly which put Ketanji Brown Jackson on the court. She admitted during her congressional hearings that she could not ascertain if an individual was male or female.
==
She replaced Stephen Breyer. Scalia’s seat was vacant for a year. He was replaced by Neil Gorsuch.
I hear the usual gang of Dem idiots in the House are making a last ditch effort by drafting legislation to remove Trump from the Ballot.
Liz before she met that “troublesome priest”.
There has been a lot of speculation about Sotomayor’s health too, and thinly-veiled hints for her to not do what Ginsberg did, and hold on to her seat to allow a conservative to appoint her successor.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if Trump was re-elected, and got to appoint ANOTHER 2 or 3 associate justices?! Imagine the thunderous volleys of thousands of liberal heads exploding!!
And could Thomas become Chief Justice?
And could Thomas become Chief Justice?
Ray Van Dune:
I like the way you think! That would be sweet.
Liz before she met that “troublesome priest”.
–Sennacherib
How about Liz after she met that troubled Episcopalian headmaster?
I.e. “The Sandpiper,” a true time capsule of the mid-1960s in which Liz is a free spirit artist / single mother somehow living in a glorious Big Sur beach house, with a troubled son who has been required to attend an Episcopalian boarding school run by the married Dr. Richard Burton.
Of course Liz and Dick fall helplessly in love against hidebound moral conventions. Dr. Dick ends up having to leave his beautiful wife (Eva Marie Saint!) and his headmaster position, but not before guaranteeing Liz’s son a free ride at the boarding school.
So sad! This film makes almost no sense today.
But it did have the mesmerizing song “The Shadow of Your Smile” which won an Academy Award and was covered by just about everyone in the mid-sixties from Frank Sinatra to Tony Bennett to Andy Williams to Barbra Streisand to Stevie Wonder.
We can rest easy now that Nicki has stopped the Trump train.
The Supreme Court has ruled 9-0 that Trump can remain on the presidential ballot. Not suprising.
9-0.
Looks like a thumping warning.
EXCERPT of the SCOTUS story at Just The News:
The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled that former President Donald Trump can remain on the 2024 presidential ballot in a decision that comes one day before the Colorado Republican primary after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the top Republican contender is ineligible.
The Supreme Court ruled that the “responsibility for enforcing” the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection” clause “against federal officeholders and candidates rests with Congress and not the States.”
The decision strikes down the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that found Trump ineligible for the ballot due to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which contains a clause banning people who “engaged insurrection” from holding office. The state high court said he violated the amendment through his alleged involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the subsequent Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
The Supreme Court justices had indicated that they would rule in Trump’s favor last month after many of them appeared skeptical of arguments from Colorado plaintiffs in the case.
The three liberal justices – Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson – agreed with the majority’s judgment but offered a concurring opinion, which opened with a quote from Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that overturned the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade.
“If it is not necessary to decide more to dispose of a case, then it is necessary not to decide more,” the three justices quoted Dobbs in the opening of their concurrence.
Allowing Colorado to kick Trump off the ballot, “would, we agree, create a chaotic state-by-state patchwork, at odds with our Nation’s federalism principles,” the three liberal justices wrote. However, they said they disagree with the majority’s decision, which they feel would “insulate this Court and petitioner (Trump) from future controversy.”
Justice Amy Coney Barrett also offered a concurring opinion, writing that she thinks the court only needed to determine whether states lack the power to enforce the insurrection clause. “It does not require us to address the complicated question whether federal legislation is the exclusive vehicle through which Section 3 can be enforced,” she wrote.
“For present purposes, our differences are far less important than our unanimity: All nine Justices agree on the outcome of this case. That is the message Americans should take home,” she also said.
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/supreme-court-rules-trump-can-remain-ballot
Peronally I’d be all for legislation that clarified the rules around the disqualification of “oathbreaking insurrectionists” in the 14th amendment. Or better year, a new amendment. Not that I’m holding my breath that either will ever happen.
Just another sign that the Supreme Court as presently constituted is illegitimate!!!!!!! (sarc x 11) Or, nevermind.
These Justices would much prefer that once the victim has been spitted; placed above the coals to be roasted: now withdrawn from the flames, he be kept upon the spit for any potential future processing.
It’s more efficient to their purpose, thus engaged. Reprieve? What reprieve?
I very much enjoy old episodes of the original What’s My Line?. They remind you that prominent people once aspired to wit and decorum. Another amusement is old episodes of I’ve Got a Secret, which were less structured. The third program in the trifecta was To Tell the Truth, which had the most entertaining game. There were syndicated versions of these produced after 1967, but the experience wasn’t quite the same.
9-0. How often does that happen anymore?
the squirrels found a quorum
https://twitter.com/julie_kelly2/status/1764675760483189020
clown shoes on full display
Discovered an author, Cameron Hawley, who wrote novels centered on business in the 1950s & 1960s. Two of them were made into movies. I posted reviews here:
https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/70636.html
When we were kids, my older brother was very interested in theater and cinema, and was a huge fan of Liz Taylor. I’m not sure why, probably because she was not only a big star but also so outré. It annoyed my father so much that we had to refer to her as “that woman.”
That’s a great video clip. I hadn’t remembered the name of her husband Michael Wilding. I see that before Wilding, she was married to Conrad Hilton at the age of 18 for less than a year.
I have seen The Last Time I Saw Paris sometime in the last 10 years. Once you get past seeing Van Johnson in a leading romantic role, it’s a fairly good film.
Jon baker said:
“9-0. How often does that happen anymore?”
Much more often than you think, just not in the small percentage of cases that are politically charged.
I believe the Obama administration lost an unusually high number of 9-0 decisions, especially for a two term presidency. Note: this is not from the Biden regime.
Even the concurrence would just left it to the first reason, and not add others.
I was pretty sure the Supremes would reject the Colorado disqualification, if for no other reason than the Colorado Supremes were poaching the Big Dogs’ turf.
Still, it’s a relief to hear.
The Babylon Bee said it best:
____________________________________
In Major Blow To Democracy, Supreme Court Rules Voters Can Vote For Favorite Candidate
https://babylonbee.com/news/in-shocking-blow-to-democracy-supreme-court-affirms-voters-can-vote-for-candidate-they-want
____________________________________
Now, on to the ridiculous cases and astonishingly over the top penalties of the New York “fraud” and E. Jean Carroll “rape”.
Looks like it is 5-4 to close off the possibility of a Democrat-controlled Congress refusing to certify a Trump victory in January by purporting to enforce the 14th Amendment.
Not that it will stop them from trying. There will be a certain perverse symmetry in Democrats using a half-cocked legal theory to refuse to certify a presidential election on the grounds that the winner . . . wait for it. . . used a half-cocked legal theory to try to prevent the certification of a presidential election.
From Daniel Pipes:
https://www.danielpipes.org/22162/to-build-a-decent-gaza
Looks like it is 5-4 to close off the possibility of a Democrat-controlled Congress refusing to certify a Trump victory in January by purporting to enforce the 14th Amendment.
Bauxite:
This may be the greatest contribution the Notorious RBG made to America! 🙂
I do worry the Swamp is considering its sniper options in 2024.
As do I. I’m not sure how scared, crazy, and desperate certain forces in the Swamp may become if they feel they have to resort to assassination. If that were to actually happen though… lets just say I’m not looking forward to Civil War II.
back on your heads
https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/1764716443969474964
Now, what does this do to the Illinois Judge ruling?
flush it into lake michigan,
Not that I’ve paid any attention to such things, but apparently there were loads of legal “experts” all over the mainstream media who believed (or claimed to believe anyway) that the court would rule differently. After such horribly wrong predictions, these “experts” should probably not ever be heeded again. After all, a so called expert without accountability is no expert at all. Of course their true role is not to actually make accurate, realistic predictions based on evidence. Rather their role is to tell liberals what they want to hear while pushing narratives that are beneficial to the Left in general.
Impressive Vegas tiny home that’s just 160 sq ft is inundated with requests from potential new owners desperate to save as it goes up for rent for $950
DURN!? Built my hut/house in 2009 on an acre – along the lines of an efficiency/studio apt. 320 sq ft of living space—so it’s sorta like a Red Neck mansion compared to 160 sq ft. It has 600 sq ft under roof tho, w/ what was a once a 280 sq ft dirt-floor carport—converted into a dirt-floor workshop last year. Paid cash for land, well, septic, and labor + materials – electric bill was $91 last month, so that 160 sq ft thing would be too expensive for me.
Interesting point being made elsewhere that basically goes like this: the uniparty establishment is nervous that some really bad times may be coming, so they want a fall guy, i.e. Trump to blame when the SHTF.
Speaking of the SCOTUS, it’s quite possible that the next president of the USA may have to nominate a new SCOTUS justice.
Thomas is 74
Alito is 72
Hopefully, if Trump is the nominee, those that would normally vote republican but will refuse to vote for Trump because of his oft times obnoxious statements, goof ball hair style, unattractive personality traits or simply to take a “stand on principle” (which is tantamount to shooting yourself in the head) will consider this possibility.
Recall that Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing allowed Trump to nominate Brett M. Kavanaugh to the court.
Also recall that Scalia died suddenly which put Ketanji Brown Jackson on the court. She admitted during her congressional hearings that she could not ascertain if an individual was male or female.
But that’s OK; she only needs to ascertain how the Constitution should be interpreted which is a much simpler task than figuring out the sex of a human.
Very entertaining clip.
For my mom’s generation the Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds triangle was a big deal. Sort of like Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and Jennifer Aniston, except people had fewer other distractions to take their mind off the story. Come to think of it, Liz repeated the saga with Richard and Sibyl Burton, but Sibyl wasn’t as compelling a figure.
Something I found out just now: although Taylor was born in England, her parents were Americans who had moved to Britain in the Twenties and moved back at the beginning of the war.
__________
Speaking of the SCOTUS, it’s quite possible that the next president of the USA may have to nominate a new SCOTUS justice.
Another reason why another Biden victory would be disastrous.
Recall that Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing allowed Trump to nominate Brett M. Kavanaugh to the court.
==
No, Anthony Kennedy’s resignation. Amy Coney Barrett replaced RBG.
==
Also recall that Scalia died suddenly which put Ketanji Brown Jackson on the court. She admitted during her congressional hearings that she could not ascertain if an individual was male or female.
==
She replaced Stephen Breyer. Scalia’s seat was vacant for a year. He was replaced by Neil Gorsuch.
I hear the usual gang of Dem idiots in the House are making a last ditch effort by drafting legislation to remove Trump from the Ballot.
Liz before she met that “troublesome priest”.
There has been a lot of speculation about Sotomayor’s health too, and thinly-veiled hints for her to not do what Ginsberg did, and hold on to her seat to allow a conservative to appoint her successor.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if Trump was re-elected, and got to appoint ANOTHER 2 or 3 associate justices?! Imagine the thunderous volleys of thousands of liberal heads exploding!!
And could Thomas become Chief Justice?
And could Thomas become Chief Justice?
Ray Van Dune:
I like the way you think! That would be sweet.
Liz before she met that “troublesome priest”.
–Sennacherib
How about Liz after she met that troubled Episcopalian headmaster?
I.e. “The Sandpiper,” a true time capsule of the mid-1960s in which Liz is a free spirit artist / single mother somehow living in a glorious Big Sur beach house, with a troubled son who has been required to attend an Episcopalian boarding school run by the married Dr. Richard Burton.
Of course Liz and Dick fall helplessly in love against hidebound moral conventions. Dr. Dick ends up having to leave his beautiful wife (Eva Marie Saint!) and his headmaster position, but not before guaranteeing Liz’s son a free ride at the boarding school.
So sad! This film makes almost no sense today.
But it did have the mesmerizing song “The Shadow of Your Smile” which won an Academy Award and was covered by just about everyone in the mid-sixties from Frank Sinatra to Tony Bennett to Andy Williams to Barbra Streisand to Stevie Wonder.
–“Andy Williams ~ The Shadow Of Your Smile (Live)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-gt2emNfcI
God. Big Sur was so beautiful.
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/03/04/wapo-writer-makes-it-official-shoplifting-is-just-reparations-n4926983
Elizabeth Taylor did a great job on that appearance. What fun! Thanks, neo.
Confessions of a Corrupt Liberal
I voted “Blue no Matter Who” because I thought I was saving the World. I was wrong.