The U.S. Supreme Court put to bed the opinions of any and all “legal experts” on Monday when it unanimously ruled that states do not possess the constitutional authority to kick former President Donald Trump off of the presidential ballot.
The Colorado Supreme Court first ruled in December 2023 that Democrats could remove Trump from the Centennial State’s 2024 primary ballot. The 2024 frontrunner appealed, and the case quickly made its way to the highest court in the land. Corporate media talking heads spent the next few months arguing the nine SCOTUS justices have the constitutional authority to override voters’ wills and affirm the Colorado decision.
David French, the “principled conservative” who makes a living from trashing conservative voters and principles, insisted in a New York Times opinion article in January that “The Case for Disqualifying Trump Is Strong.”
“Enough. It’s time to apply the plain language of the Constitution to Trump’s actions and remove him from the ballot — without fear of the consequences. Republics are not maintained by cowardice,” French wrote.
French’s declaration was quickly mimicked by various corporate media publications and networks. These included The Atlantic, which claimed the Colorado decision was “true originalism”; The New Republic, which claimed “The Colorado Supreme Court Got It Right”; The Intelligencer, which claimed “The Legal Merits of the Colorado Supreme Court Decision Don’t Matter” as long as Trump is barred from office”; and of course MSNBC.
Rachel Maddow reacts to Trump getting kicked off the Colorado ballot and
