True enough. I think it's fair to say that other than those dug in deep on either side, for most of America this election is like trying to pick up a turd from the clean end.
14th Amendment Time -- It's long overdue to keep insurrectionists off the ballot
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I don't think this 20 year old video applies as the stakes are quite different but there's still truth to it.
unfortunately for your argument , the 14th amendment says nothing about being "charged with insurrection." What it says, in plain everyday English, is that anyone who has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution and subsequently "engaged in insurrection" against [the Constitution of the United States] is disqualified from holding Public office unless the Congress by two-thirds vote allows the disqualified candidate to run. In other words the insurrectionist candidate is automatically disqualified unless the Congress acts specifically to remove the disability.
It's pretty clear!
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
The Court has put the States in a difficult position. They must either obey the Court or obey the Constitution. In an ideal world, the States might ignore the Court's decision, which has the appearance of being motivated by ideology and emotion, and instead obey the Highest Law of the Land.
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Agree and SCOTUS did as well 9-0.
In the fwiw department, an economist friend of mine suggested two things this morning:
1) that some of the former Soviet satellite states may be so distraught at the prospect of Donald Trump becoming President again that they might plot to assassinate him;
2) that the Court may have been influenced by a concerned that a decision unfavorable to Trump might endanger their lives.
1) that some of the former Soviet satellite states may be so distraught at the prospect of Donald Trump becoming President again that they might plot to assassinate him;
2) that the Court may have been influenced by a concerned that a decision unfavorable to Trump might endanger their lives.
And yet... I will vote for Biden.
hmmmmm----looks like I do.
CANARD!!!
OOPS!!