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Colorado Supreme Court says Trump is ineligible to run again (www.politico.com)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Correct.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

So then states don’t have rights?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Well yea. There was a war about it and everything. States exist as inefficient middlemen and have no business dictating voting rights or federal office eligibility.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Whenever I hear "states rights" my mind immediately translates it to "I'm a racist". I'm not saying you're a racist, just that it makes you sound like one when you invoke "states rights".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I hear the same thing, and I’m not invoking it here as something I believe in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I drop this nugget a lot but basically you’re not wrong. The “states rights” argument is ignorant of history. At best it is a mindless parroting of racist dog whistles and at worst… it’s a racist dog whistle.

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy/