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State courts to consider blocking Trump from 2024 ballot under the ‘insurrection’ clause (www.pbs.org)

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DENVER (AP) — The campaign to use the U.S. Constitution’s “insurrection” clause to bar former President Donald Trump from running for the White House again enters a new phase this week as hearings begin in two states on lawsuits that might end up reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.

A weeklong hearing on one lawsuit to bar Trump from the ballot in Colorado begins Monday, while on Thursday oral arguments are scheduled before the Minnesota Supreme Court on an effort to kick the Republican former president off the ballot in that state.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This should definitely end up at the U. S. Supreme Court. This is for a federal position, so it should be decided at a federal level.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately that's not how it works because of the electoral college. You're ultimately voting to choose your state's electors. It's up to each and every state to decide the process for choosing their electors.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Electors; those people threatened, stalked and harassed by gun-clutcher Trump cultists? Those guys?

I'm in favour of removing that role, now that it's changed from "valuable last-ditch crazy-dictator prevention mechanism" to "go hug your kids and do what we say".

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