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

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[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

SCOTUS is just going to overturn it, right?

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Correct.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So then states don’t have rights?

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years 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.

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years 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".

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years 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/

[–] joelthelion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Could other states follow suit ?

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

If the Supreme Court overturns it, I'd expect that'd apply to all the states. Basically no other state could leave Trump off the ballot on the basis of the insurrection part of the 14th Amendment.