Thank God. Let this be the first of many.
With any luck.
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Colorado is generally considered a swing state, isn’t it? That means this actually matters, as that’s electoral college votes that would otherwise be up for grabs which are now no longer available to Trump at all. Assuming it doesn’t get overturned on appeal, anyway.
Years ago it was but we’ve been pretty solidly blue for awhile.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_elections_in_Colorado
After voting primarily Republican from 1920-2004, the state has voted with the Democrats in the last four presidential elections, including Joe Biden’s 13.5% margin in 2020. That marked the first double-digit Democratic margin here since Lyndon Johnson won by 23% over Barry Goldwater in 1964.
What it does do is set a precedent that others might follow.
It’s bigger than that, because I suspect it’ll strongly affect the down ticket votes as well. I wouldn’t be surprised if an election-changing number of Trump voters would sit it out if they can’t vote for him.
I’ll have to read more about it, but I don’t know what the appeal process would be for this. Gore v Bush meant that SCOTUS wants to be hands off on state election laws. Since that one effectively decided the election (and this one likely would not, as far as president goes), I’d think the bar would have to be higher.
Who knows these days though. I bet I know how Thomas would vote though.
His fingers are probably hitting that phone keyboard so furiously right now that he’s going to have to replace the cracked glass.
There is zero chance that those itty bitty hands are that strong.
Or hard, probably more like mashed potatoes that have been in the fridge for a day or two.
When you post on TruthSocial with the fury of a thousand suns, you don’t need big hands.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
In a bombshell decision, Colorado’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that former President Donald Trump’s candidacy in the state is prohibited on constitutional grounds.
"Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Colorado Secretary of State to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot.”
The first-of-its kind ruling stems from a lawsuit that focused a little-known provision in the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Trump, who has called the efforts to keep him off the ballot “nonsense” and “election interference,” is likely to try to appeal Tuesday’s Colorado ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Courts have ruled against similar efforts to get Trump banned from the ballot in Arizona, Michigan and Minnesota.
The plaintiffs challenging Trump’s eligibility in Michigan filed an appeal to that state’s high court on Monday.
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Colorado has 10 electoral votes.
(until january 4th)
