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The Supreme Court just gave insurrectionists a free pass to overthrow democracy (www.independent.co.uk)
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In a split ruling, five conservative justices decided that any candidate who tries to overthrow the government can still get elected, as long as they have the support of Congress. Alex Woodward reports

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[-] Timwi@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago

As a non-American, can someone explain the difference between the 9-0 decision and the 5-4 decision?

[-] greentreerainfire@kbin.social 7 points 6 months ago

All 9 justices agreed that a state can’t just kick a candidate off the ballot. This makes sense as we’d get states like Florida trying to kick Biden off and it’s devolve to which party controls enough states to kick the other guy off the ballot

Even though all justices agreed who was correct, they did not agree on why, which is common. 5 of those justices agreed with the opinion that ONLY CONGRESS can explicitly state who has participated in an insurrection and therefore is disqualified.

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