Until this week, it wasn’t clear whether the Supreme Court would allow itself to be turned into a political weapon for Democrats or bow under extreme pressure from the news media, but at least for now, all nine justices have proven they are not ready to become a full partisan tool of the left.
In a unanimous ruling issued Monday, the court declared it unconstitutional for a state to determine whether a private citizen can be disqualified from holding federal office. Yes, all nine members concurred with that conclusion, even Democrat appointees Sonia “wise Latina” Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson of “black girl magic” fame.
“We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office,” the opinion said. “But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency.”
That word “especially” must sting a bit. The dominant argument in favor of Colorado’s secretary of state removing Donald Trump’s name from Republican primary ballots was that Democrats claim he engaged in an “insurrection” while in office, violating his oath as an “officer of the United States.” The president is apparently not just any “officer of the United States,” even when that office is held by Trump, and some state-level officeholder can’t just nullify his campaign, whether they think he’s an insurrectionist or not. (They don’t honestly think that, it’s just a ploy to deny him as a choice at the ballot box.)
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