Colorado Judge Cites Opinion by Trump-Appointed SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch In Allowing Lawsuit That Could Bar Trump From the Presidential BallotA judge has rejected three more attempts by former President Donald Trump and the Colorado GOP to shut down a lawsuit seeking to block him from the 2024 presidential ballot in the state based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” The... See More »
Would Vice President Kamala Harris Have a Constitutional Duty to Discount Any Electoral Votes for Donald Trump?Given that the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution is self-enforcing... (Quote) Baude, William and Paulsen, Michael Stokes, The Sweep and Force of Section Three (August 9, 2023). University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 172, Forthcoming ,... See More »
Judge Finds That Donald Trump "Engaged in an Insurrection" Against the United States.Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace rules that Trump's name can remain on the ballot on a technicality, that is only because he is not "an officer of the United States" and thus cannot be disqualified from office due to the 14th Amendment. Wallace... See More »
Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho. It's to SCOTUS we go! To those who doubted me: sure, I could say, "I told you so." But instead I will remind you... (1)
SCOTUS Takes Up the Trump Insurrection Ballot Ban CaseThey're taking up the Colorado case - and their ruling will almost certainly apply to other state rulings as well (such as Maine). What do I think SHOULD happen? Trump should be barred from ever serving in federal office again. What I think WILL... See More »