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  • J jon-nyc
    19 Dec 2023, 23:41

    @George-K said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

    "In other words, a state court has found Trump guilty of a federal crime with which he's never even been charged, based on informal allegations of unlawful conduct that took place 2,000 miles from the court's jurisdiction. "

    That’s seems sufficiently uninformed to have been written by turley. Was it?

    Having said that, this whole avenue of attack is weak and I have no doubt SCOTUS will shut it down.

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    George K
    wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 00:21 last edited by
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    @jon-nyc said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

    That’s seems sufficiently uninformed to have been written by turley. Was it?

    Turley


    The Colorado Supreme Court has issued an unsigned opinion disqualifying Trump from the ballot: "The sum of these parts is this: President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three; because he is disqualified."

    This ends a string of losses for advocates of this dangerous novel theory. They finally found a court that would embrace what the court admits is a case of "first impression." My first impression remains that same. The court is dead wrong in my view.

    It is striking that the court relies on Schenck v. U.S., where the Court upheld the denial of core free speech rights of a socialist opposing a war. The opinion of the Colorado Supreme Court is so sweeping that it would allow for tit-for-tat removals of candidates from ballots

    The opinion is remarkable in how the four justices adopted the most sweeping interpretations to get over each barrier. The result is lack of a limiting principle. I view the opinion as strikingly anti-democratic in what it now allows states to do in blue and red states alike.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      George K
      wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 02:02 last edited by
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      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        Doctor Phibes
        wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 02:10 last edited by
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        Well some good came of it then.

        Just kidding- obviously this is ridiculous and should be overturned

        I was only joking

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          Jolly
          wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 02:20 last edited by
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          What does Colorado want to be? Oregon East?

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          • G George K
            19 Dec 2023, 23:47

            @jon-nyc said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

            The 14th amendment doesn’t mention anything about convictions for federal crimes.

            Fair enough. Does Colorado have jurisdiction over federal elections?

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            Copper
            wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 02:44 last edited by
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            @George-K said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

            Does Colorado have jurisdiction over federal elections?

            I believe there are no federal elections.

            Each State has its own process to choose electors.

            Article II of the Constitution

            Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

            https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-2/

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              89th
              wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 02:52 last edited by
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              Just curious, if this were a normal citizen would it be expedited to the SCOTUS just as quickly?

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                89th
                wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 03:00 last edited by
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                For the sake of the Republican Party (such a good opportunity to bring in fresh energy, a unifier, perhaps one that can attract the power of the female or Latino votes that’ll have long term impacts on future elections), as well as for the sake of the country to not deal with another Trump vs Biden decision (and Trump election loss denial again…), I am very hopeful states find legal ways to keep Trump off the ballot. Figured it might be handed to them easily with criminal case outcomes, but at least CO is giving it the old college try!

                Did Trump inspire the insurrection? Obviously. Did he participate in it? Nope. Insurrection is different from his election denial and lying and desires to keep the results from being certified by Congress.

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                  Horace
                  wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 03:17 last edited by
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                  I won’t feel safe until Colorado is in prison.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 03:28 last edited by Doctor Phibes
                    #23

                    I quite like the idea of an asshole registry. A bit like the sexual offenders register, but for assholes. It would be made publicly accessible and searchable, and would be very useful if you were thinking of buying a house or moving jobs. They'd still allow people on the registry to run for Congress, the Presidency and what-have-you, but they'd be forced to legibly display "Registered Asshole" on all their campaign literature.

                    I was only joking

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                    • 8 89th
                      20 Dec 2023, 03:00

                      For the sake of the Republican Party (such a good opportunity to bring in fresh energy, a unifier, perhaps one that can attract the power of the female or Latino votes that’ll have long term impacts on future elections), as well as for the sake of the country to not deal with another Trump vs Biden decision (and Trump election loss denial again…), I am very hopeful states find legal ways to keep Trump off the ballot. Figured it might be handed to them easily with criminal case outcomes, but at least CO is giving it the old college try!

                      Did Trump inspire the insurrection? Obviously. Did he participate in it? Nope. Insurrection is different from his election denial and lying and desires to keep the results from being certified by Congress.

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                      Jolly
                      wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 03:47 last edited by
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                      @89th said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                      For the sake of the Republican Party (such a good opportunity to bring in fresh energy, a unifier, perhaps one that can attract the power of the female or Latino votes that’ll have long term impacts on future elections), as well as for the sake of the country to not deal with another Trump vs Biden decision (and Trump election loss denial again…), I am very hopeful states find legal ways to keep Trump off the ballot. Figured it might be handed to them easily with criminal case outcomes, but at least CO is giving it the old college try!

                      Did Trump inspire the insurrection? Obviously. Did he participate in it? Nope. Insurrection is different from his election denial and lying and desires to keep the results from being certified by Congress.

                      Ok, who is your Republican nominee? Besides Trump?

                      Whoever it is, tell them to not even bother to campaign.

                      Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated. That Trump core support would say fuck you and go watch football or something else ...

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      • J Jolly
                        20 Dec 2023, 03:47

                        @89th said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                        For the sake of the Republican Party (such a good opportunity to bring in fresh energy, a unifier, perhaps one that can attract the power of the female or Latino votes that’ll have long term impacts on future elections), as well as for the sake of the country to not deal with another Trump vs Biden decision (and Trump election loss denial again…), I am very hopeful states find legal ways to keep Trump off the ballot. Figured it might be handed to them easily with criminal case outcomes, but at least CO is giving it the old college try!

                        Did Trump inspire the insurrection? Obviously. Did he participate in it? Nope. Insurrection is different from his election denial and lying and desires to keep the results from being certified by Congress.

                        Ok, who is your Republican nominee? Besides Trump?

                        Whoever it is, tell them to not even bother to campaign.

                        Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated. That Trump core support would say fuck you and go watch football or something else ...

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                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 03:54 last edited by
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                        @Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                        Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated. That Trump core support would say fuck you and go watch football or something else ...

                        If he wins isn't he essentially going to be a lame duck after about two years?

                        Do we want to watch the pathetic indignity of him heading a campaign to have the two-term limit over-turned? Damn right we do!

                        I was only joking

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                        • J Jolly
                          20 Dec 2023, 03:47

                          @89th said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                          For the sake of the Republican Party (such a good opportunity to bring in fresh energy, a unifier, perhaps one that can attract the power of the female or Latino votes that’ll have long term impacts on future elections), as well as for the sake of the country to not deal with another Trump vs Biden decision (and Trump election loss denial again…), I am very hopeful states find legal ways to keep Trump off the ballot. Figured it might be handed to them easily with criminal case outcomes, but at least CO is giving it the old college try!

                          Did Trump inspire the insurrection? Obviously. Did he participate in it? Nope. Insurrection is different from his election denial and lying and desires to keep the results from being certified by Congress.

                          Ok, who is your Republican nominee? Besides Trump?

                          Whoever it is, tell them to not even bother to campaign.

                          Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated. That Trump core support would say fuck you and go watch football or something else ...

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                          89th
                          wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 05:47 last edited by
                          #26

                          @Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                          @89th said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                          For the sake of the Republican Party (such a good opportunity to bring in fresh energy, a unifier, perhaps one that can attract the power of the female or Latino votes that’ll have long term impacts on future elections), as well as for the sake of the country to not deal with another Trump vs Biden decision (and Trump election loss denial again…), I am very hopeful states find legal ways to keep Trump off the ballot. Figured it might be handed to them easily with criminal case outcomes, but at least CO is giving it the old college try!

                          Did Trump inspire the insurrection? Obviously. Did he participate in it? Nope. Insurrection is different from his election denial and lying and desires to keep the results from being certified by Congress.

                          Ok, who is your Republican nominee? Besides Trump?

                          Whoever it is, tell them to not even bother to campaign.

                          Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated. That Trump core support would say fuck you and go watch football or something else ...

                          Maybe. But elections are elections. If hypothetically Trump is out of the picture by early 2024, and the decision is Biden vs Haley (my preferred) or DeSantis, I think they would fare well. Haley is refreshing... conservative without offensive, and DeSantis is strong but awkward... both poll well against Biden and imagine Biden in a debate these days... he cane barely shuffle his right leg when he's walking to the next ice cream shop. No joke, watch him walk.

                          Personally, I would love Haley or Christie, but I know Christie is a (kitchen) cabinet guy at this point.

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                          • 8 89th
                            20 Dec 2023, 03:00

                            For the sake of the Republican Party (such a good opportunity to bring in fresh energy, a unifier, perhaps one that can attract the power of the female or Latino votes that’ll have long term impacts on future elections), as well as for the sake of the country to not deal with another Trump vs Biden decision (and Trump election loss denial again…), I am very hopeful states find legal ways to keep Trump off the ballot. Figured it might be handed to them easily with criminal case outcomes, but at least CO is giving it the old college try!

                            Did Trump inspire the insurrection? Obviously. Did he participate in it? Nope. Insurrection is different from his election denial and lying and desires to keep the results from being certified by Congress.

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                            LuFins Dad
                            wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 05:56 last edited by
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                            @89th said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                            For the sake of the Republican Party (such a good opportunity to bring in fresh energy, a unifier, perhaps one that can attract the power of the female or Latino votes that’ll have long term impacts on future elections), as well as for the sake of the country to not deal with another Trump vs Biden decision (and Trump election loss denial again…), I am very hopeful states find legal ways to keep Trump off the ballot. Figured it might be handed to them easily with criminal case outcomes, but at least CO is giving it the old college try!

                            Did Trump inspire the insurrection? Obviously. Did he participate in it? Nope. Insurrection is different from his election denial and lying and desires to keep the results from being certified by Congress.

                            Here’s a thought… Maybe it wasn’t an actual insurrection at all… Hell, most of the charges gild for January 6th are unlawful parading. Ooohhh, scary.

                            The Brad

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                            • J Jolly
                              20 Dec 2023, 03:47

                              @89th said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                              For the sake of the Republican Party (such a good opportunity to bring in fresh energy, a unifier, perhaps one that can attract the power of the female or Latino votes that’ll have long term impacts on future elections), as well as for the sake of the country to not deal with another Trump vs Biden decision (and Trump election loss denial again…), I am very hopeful states find legal ways to keep Trump off the ballot. Figured it might be handed to them easily with criminal case outcomes, but at least CO is giving it the old college try!

                              Did Trump inspire the insurrection? Obviously. Did he participate in it? Nope. Insurrection is different from his election denial and lying and desires to keep the results from being certified by Congress.

                              Ok, who is your Republican nominee? Besides Trump?

                              Whoever it is, tell them to not even bother to campaign.

                              Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated. That Trump core support would say fuck you and go watch football or something else ...

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                              LuFins Dad
                              wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 13:51 last edited by
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                              @Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                              @89th said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                              For the sake of the Republican Party (such a good opportunity to bring in fresh energy, a unifier, perhaps one that can attract the power of the female or Latino votes that’ll have long term impacts on future elections), as well as for the sake of the country to not deal with another Trump vs Biden decision (and Trump election loss denial again…), I am very hopeful states find legal ways to keep Trump off the ballot. Figured it might be handed to them easily with criminal case outcomes, but at least CO is giving it the old college try!

                              Did Trump inspire the insurrection? Obviously. Did he participate in it? Nope. Insurrection is different from his election denial and lying and desires to keep the results from being certified by Congress.

                              Ok, who is your Republican nominee? Besides Trump?

                              Whoever it is, tell them to not even bother to campaign.

                              Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated. That Trump core support would say fuck you and go watch football or something else ...

                              Another candidate losing the general is preferring in my mind than Trump winning.

                              The Brad

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                              • J Jolly
                                20 Dec 2023, 03:47

                                @89th said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                                For the sake of the Republican Party (such a good opportunity to bring in fresh energy, a unifier, perhaps one that can attract the power of the female or Latino votes that’ll have long term impacts on future elections), as well as for the sake of the country to not deal with another Trump vs Biden decision (and Trump election loss denial again…), I am very hopeful states find legal ways to keep Trump off the ballot. Figured it might be handed to them easily with criminal case outcomes, but at least CO is giving it the old college try!

                                Did Trump inspire the insurrection? Obviously. Did he participate in it? Nope. Insurrection is different from his election denial and lying and desires to keep the results from being certified by Congress.

                                Ok, who is your Republican nominee? Besides Trump?

                                Whoever it is, tell them to not even bother to campaign.

                                Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated. That Trump core support would say fuck you and go watch football or something else ...

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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 13:54 last edited by
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                                @Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                                Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated. That Trump core support would say fuck you and go watch football or something else ...

                                A good chunk of them would vote RFK Jr.

                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                • J Jolly
                                  20 Dec 2023, 03:47

                                  @89th said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                                  For the sake of the Republican Party (such a good opportunity to bring in fresh energy, a unifier, perhaps one that can attract the power of the female or Latino votes that’ll have long term impacts on future elections), as well as for the sake of the country to not deal with another Trump vs Biden decision (and Trump election loss denial again…), I am very hopeful states find legal ways to keep Trump off the ballot. Figured it might be handed to them easily with criminal case outcomes, but at least CO is giving it the old college try!

                                  Did Trump inspire the insurrection? Obviously. Did he participate in it? Nope. Insurrection is different from his election denial and lying and desires to keep the results from being certified by Congress.

                                  Ok, who is your Republican nominee? Besides Trump?

                                  Whoever it is, tell them to not even bother to campaign.

                                  Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated. That Trump core support would say fuck you and go watch football or something else ...

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                                  Renauda
                                  wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 14:45 last edited by
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                                  @Jolly

                                  Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated.

                                  I get the first sentence but the second “Anybody else will be annihilated” doesn’t seem to follow.

                                  Can you clarify what you mean with that statement?

                                  Elbows up!

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                                  • J jon-nyc
                                    20 Dec 2023, 13:54

                                    @Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                                    Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated. That Trump core support would say fuck you and go watch football or something else ...

                                    A good chunk of them would vote RFK Jr.

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                                    Jolly
                                    wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 15:06 last edited by
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                                    @jon-nyc said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                                    @Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                                    Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated. That Trump core support would say fuck you and go watch football or something else ...

                                    A good chunk of them would vote RFK Jr.

                                    Maybe in your neck of the woods. Down here, I don't see Trump as a candidate, I see him as a movement.

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    • J Jolly
                                      20 Dec 2023, 15:06

                                      @jon-nyc said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                                      @Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                                      Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated. That Trump core support would say fuck you and go watch football or something else ...

                                      A good chunk of them would vote RFK Jr.

                                      Maybe in your neck of the woods. Down here, I don't see Trump as a candidate, I see him as a movement.

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                                      LuFins Dad
                                      wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 15:09 last edited by
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                                      @Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                                      @jon-nyc said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                                      @Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                                      Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated. That Trump core support would say fuck you and go watch football or something else ...

                                      A good chunk of them would vote RFK Jr.

                                      Maybe in your neck of the woods. Down here, I don't see Trump as a candidate, I see him as a movement.

                                      A bowel movement. Trump’s bully boys are far worse than Bernie Bros.

                                      The Brad

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                                      • J Jolly
                                        20 Dec 2023, 15:06

                                        @jon-nyc said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                                        @Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

                                        Trump may lose the general. Anybody else will be annihilated. That Trump core support would say fuck you and go watch football or something else ...

                                        A good chunk of them would vote RFK Jr.

                                        Maybe in your neck of the woods. Down here, I don't see Trump as a candidate, I see him as a movement.

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                                        Renauda
                                        wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 15:10 last edited by Renauda
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                                        @Jolly

                                        Down here, I don't see Trump as a candidate, I see him as a movement.

                                        Talk about low hanging fruit!

                                        You really are the reincarnation of Sen. Beauregard Claghorn, aren’t you?

                                        Elbows up!

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                                          George K
                                          wrote on 20 Dec 2023, 15:19 last edited by
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                                          Trump lost Colorado by 17 points, iirc. His absence on the ballot is probably moot.

                                          But, this is an interesting precedent - removing a candidate you don’t like through lawfare.

                                          I believe there are other states looking at similar lawsuits.

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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