But that district court judge, Sarah Wallace, ultimately ruled that Trump could remain on the ballot because she said it was not clear that the drafters or ratifiers of the 14th Amendment intended to cover the presidency in the insurrection clause.

This part really pissed me off. The 14th amendment is pretty clear that it refers to any and all people. Is it just me, or is judge Wallace implying that it isn’t clear that the founders believed the president is a person?

They're going to find some way to let him run. They'll overturn the trial judge in it being insurrection, they'll say the amendment needs legislation to back it up, they'll say say the word "the" doesn't really mean "the" like it did in 1492 or some such nonsense. It'll be 5-4 or 6-3, because the fascist right has the judiciary captured.

America entered the legal phase of fascism during Trumps presidency, and Biden and the democrats weren't able to correct it during this last best chance to do so. In my humble, ignorant, foreign opinion, this is it, this will be the next step in the long coming codification of fascist rule in America.

Good luck, hope I'm wrong.

So, how do you think the Court will justify keeping Trump on the ballot?

• What Trump did doesn't qualify as insurrection.
• Trump hasn't been convicted of insurrection.
• The insurrectionist ban is only for people who participated in the civil war
• The ban doesn't apply because presidents aren't officers
• The ban doesn't apply because presidents swear to protect the constitution, not to support it
• Section 3 can't be enforced without congress passing legislation to enforce it.
• It's a political question so courts can't touch it.
• Trump being impeached but acquitted after the insurrection means he can't be punished for it due to double jeopardy (I hate that this is an actual argument being made... and that it's not even close to the stupidest one to come from team Trump)

But that district court judge, Sarah Wallace, ultimately ruled that Trump could remain on the ballot because she said it was not clear that the drafters or ratifiers of the 14th Amendment intended to cover the presidency in the insurrection clause.

fuck outta here with this bullshit

I wonder what our overly conservative, and therefore, illegitimate, "supreme" court will decide?

Lemme guess. It's gonna take 18 months?

I don’t know whether to be excited or worried.

They aren't hearing the case until 2/8 but the deadline for ballot finalization is 1/5, today.

So, regardless of how they rule, Trump will be on the ballot for the 3/5 Republican primary.

Can’t we all chip in a bribe Clarence Thomas? Apparently it’s totally legal and has zero repercussions.

On what grounds would they even look at this case? There is no federally constituted right to be on ballots to begin with.

"We the SCOTUS rule that Trump gets 3 more terms, and Joe Biden goes to jail because he's a poopy head." - Clarence Thomas probably

I'm sure the most accomplished legal minds in the country will judge this fairly, without bias, and entirely on the merits of the case itself

They better block him from running

The Supreme Court that is comprised mostly of conservatives half of which he put there? I'm sure it'll be a fair ruling....

I have the utmost faith that this dutiful supreme court will act with only integrity and fairness, offering up a well reasoned legal argument that.... hahahaha, couldn't keep that one going. I'm ready to watch them take another giant dump on the rule of law and contrive something ridiculous. Shout out to Clarence Thomas for being married to a fascist insurrectionist. This should go swimmingly. I'll be pleasantly surprised to be wrong though.

I hope whatever their decision is leads to term limits.

I don't care for old out of touch motherfuckers who have the power to control aspects of our life given a lifelong position.