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Colorado Supreme Court says Trump is ineligible to run again
(www.politico.com)
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SCOTUS is just going to overturn it, right?
Correct.
So then states don’t have rights?
Well yea. There was a war about it and everything. States exist as inefficient middlemen and have no business dictating voting rights or federal office eligibility.
Whenever I hear "states rights" my mind immediately translates it to "I'm a racist". I'm not saying you're a racist, just that it makes you sound like one when you invoke "states rights".
I hear the same thing, and I’m not invoking it here as something I believe in.
I drop this nugget a lot but basically you’re not wrong. The “states rights” argument is ignorant of history. At best it is a mindless parroting of racist dog whistles and at worst… it’s a racist dog whistle.
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy/
Could other states follow suit ?
If the Supreme Court overturns it, I'd expect that'd apply to all the states. Basically no other state could leave Trump off the ballot on the basis of the insurrection part of the 14th Amendment.
Hopefully. Ideally they strip Colorado of their electoral votes too.
Lemmy.ml has tankies and Trump supporters? Fuck.
Wait.. aren't they the same thing?