DJT off ballot in CO
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Can I just say, Fuck Ya!
Normies who don’t follow politics will hear about this and it will turn (most of) them off even further. It will also create chaos in the GOP.
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I hope you’re right. My worry is that by keeping him off the ballot in states where Biden is going to win anyway we light a fire under the MAGAs in Pennsylvania, Arizona, etc.
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The main effect of this type of ruling is the primary. Trump will be unable to win delegates in CO. I Share your skepticism that swing states will kick him off.
I can see SCOTUS reversing this, but forcing them to hold a hearing will be fun.
SCOTUS will obviously overturn. But if they somehow don’t, isn’t he going to get kicked off of every ballot? I assume an voter in any state could bring the suit?
Scotus overturning is the mortal lock bet of all time. It’s a close to a sure thing something that hasn’t happened can be. The sun will rise tomorrow levels of surety.
No I won’t bet on it. 
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They may override or they may not. If they do it will be on their obituary and every law student will read the case and know the supreme court is a farce. The stakes are higher for the court than you realize.
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FR FR Thomas can probably get another 7 figure vacation out of this one
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IF SCOTUS denies cert, it will be up to every state to interpret the law. The plaintiffs had to prove like 8 different things, some of which are CO specific laws. Any state will be free to disagree with those conclusions, as 4 of the 8 CO judges already have.
Does the same hold if they somehow take up the case and uphold the ruling?
It seems like that is a pretty monumental ruling and would be hard for SCOTUS not to review it.
Consider: he will get the seven figure vacation if Desantis gets the slot in his place. The politics are not all black/white here. Lot of Republicans would like to see Trump six feet under.
No.
The interesting question to me will be if they reverse, whether they feel obligated to give a reason.
Also, for the most part we’re out of time to file suits in additional states.
Come on. What stakes? Zero will happen to anyone on the court other than they will continue to get mountains of grift. Dems are never doing anything about it. Ever.
There have already been similar suits in a few states, but pretty sure this is the first decisive ruling against Trump (the other cases were either dismissed on procedural grounds, ruled for Trump, or haven’t been ruled on yet). IF SCOTUS rules against him, then, yes, I’d expect even more similar suits in other states.
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Shoot me a price
If they reverse it, I don’t think that they can say something like “He stays on the ballot because he hasn’t been convicted of insurrection”… because that creates a hell storm if he does get convicted in the middle of the election season.
Well he was never going to win the popular vote anyway.
Brett and Amy seem like Nikki Haley Republicans.
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