It might be political hay for him to be disqualified. That’s a huge problem.
It also might be a bad argument; there’s definitely SOME kind of due process requirement implied that it is hard to tell if Trump has satisfied. I think he’s an antidemocratic insurrectionist wannabee tinpot fascist, but whether that legal hurdle has been cleared is a question unanswered.
On the flip side, there’s little worse for our democracy than the law deciding not to go after Trump because he’s so politically powerful. The law says insurrectionists are disqualified. So these challenges have merit and should be allowed to play out, just as the justice department ought to investigate and prosecute and all these other things. We’re abandoning rule of law if we say that we aren’t going to prosecute for political reasons.
And the due process concern? That’s what’s going through the courts now. This may be the process due. And if it isn’t, the courts will have to tell us what the requirements are.
Too bad the outcome will probably be the SCOTUS doing their usual chickenshit nonsense and saying it’s up to the legislature to define the process so that they can protect their Very Special Boy.
It might be political hay for him to be disqualified. That’s a huge problem.
It also might be a bad argument; there’s definitely SOME kind of due process requirement implied that it is hard to tell if Trump has satisfied. I think he’s an antidemocratic insurrectionist wannabee tinpot fascist, but whether that legal hurdle has been cleared is a question unanswered.
On the flip side, there’s little worse for our democracy than the law deciding not to go after Trump because he’s so politically powerful. The law says insurrectionists are disqualified. So these challenges have merit and should be allowed to play out, just as the justice department ought to investigate and prosecute and all these other things. We’re abandoning rule of law if we say that we aren’t going to prosecute for political reasons.
And the due process concern? That’s what’s going through the courts now. This may be the process due. And if it isn’t, the courts will have to tell us what the requirements are.
Too bad the outcome will probably be the SCOTUS doing their usual chickenshit nonsense and saying it’s up to the legislature to define the process so that they can protect their Very Special Boy.
The judge in Colorado determined that he attempted an insurrection. That has been decided legally in a courtroom.