I’m just trying to pre-diffuse over the next few weeks the rage I will feel when the court returns its inevitable verdict in Trump’s favor.
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I hope that one of the civil trials trump is involved in removes a goodly bit of his money such that he hasta sell a major asset or two. And that one of his 4 criminal (yes criminal) indictments comes to fruition with a guilty verdict and a sentence to prison for real… no games…for real. There are 91 total chances folks.
The legal aspect is separate from my disgust with him as a man. He whines when he loses. Politics is transactional. Ya win or ya lose, but trump thinks he’s owed wins. It doesn’t work that way. He cheats on his wives, he sucks as a father. and he lies constantly which means he has no personal honor. And he is a coward. In short a failure as a man.
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Enforcement power lies with Congress – see section 5 – which has not elected to pass legislation allowing the courts to decide who’s an ineligible insurrectionist and who is not.
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Shit… I think trump is ineligible to be considered human. But that’s just my opinion.
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Certainly seems like we are about to see just where the country is headed in no uncertain terms, doesn’t it?
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I’ve voted in elections since 1968 and never felt the system was in any danger from within.But since trump came along and called his minions from under their many rocks and hiding places my confidence has eroded. This election will be the most consequential in the country’s history. Will we choose to be a democratic republic as we have always been or will we become and autocracy answerable to one demented individual? Should trump win I may be forced south to Mexico and become an expat for the duration of my remaining years. I will not live here without the system we have known.
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Ha - think about the poor dead rat that’s on TFG’s head right now!
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Therefore he remains eligible. I’m still thinking that the opinion mechanism is still likely to be an interesting read.
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Nevermind darr. @txlawyer also still thinks the Longhorns are going to the college national championship game….
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Or come up to New England which will be Canada’s Newest province
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Correct me if I’m wrong here. This is the case where bright boy’s attorney argued he never swore an oath to support the constitution.
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And don’t worry about any annual snowstorms, Global Warming has got you covered! 
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Your continued off-topic gratuitous @slagging of me is getting tedious.
Accept Trump isn’t trying to leapfrog the Federal Court hierarchy. State Supreme Court cases are appealed directly to the Supreme Court.
I don’t have a problem with SCOTUS waiting on the Appeals Court for the immunity decision. They will likely rule fast, cabin a stay - as Colorado did - to something much less than the 30 days which is the limit for SCOTUS appeals of Circuit cases. And unless something crazy happens at the circuit, Trump’s argument that the court should have both District and Circuit rulings before making their decision may well come back to haunt him.
Attorneys for the former president argued that only Congress could decide whether Section 3 of the 14th Amendment applied to Trump…
I’m not a lawyer (does it show?), but I was taught that the legislative branch of our government creates the law, while the executive branch is responsible for enforcing it.
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My point exactly. I anticipate unwarranted outrage.
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Well said. 
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Trump’s hoping for a Bush v. Gore outcome. A decision that keeps him on the ballot but which the Court says is not precedent.
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My snowblower has blown zero snow so far this year
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I’m sure he doesn’t send you invoices for being your cousin. When he does, we can talk again.
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