Conservative legal commentator George Conway criticized what he called a “total shoddy piece of legal work” for agreeing with a majority of Supreme Court justices in allowing former President Trump to return to the Colorado primary. did.
Asked by CNN’s Caitlan Collins what he thought about the unanimous ruling, Conway said, “I think they had a very hard time because I think all three of their opinions were completely meaningless.” . “I think these opinions are fundamentally arbitrary.”
“So they completely rejected President Trump’s main claim, that he is somehow not an official of the United States, and his other claim, that he did not participate in the insurrection. ” said the lawyer, who is currently practicing in the court. This was added in an interview on Monday regarding his divorce proceedings with former President Trump aide Kellyanne Conway.
In a 9-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that centennial states cannot disqualify Trump from primary voting in states under the age of 14.th The amendment’s ban on insurrection overturns a state Supreme Court ruling in late December.
The decision marks a significant legal victory for Trump. Trump has faced dozens of challenges to his qualifications from voters and advocacy groups across the country, alleging he participated in the insurrection through his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, terrorist attack. Houses of Parliament.
“Despite Donald Trump’s declaration of victory, he remains an insurrectionist after this opinion, because the Supreme Court found that there were some flaws in the actual findings made by the lower courts. “It does not in any way downplay, contradict or suggest in any way that there is,” Conway said.
When pressed further on his opinion, he added that Trump is “without a doubt an insurrectionist.”
“So it’s ridiculous for courts to try to define what it means to participate in an insurrection, to define what an insurrection is, and then try to apply it to get Donald Trump off the hook. “I guess so,” he said. “And that’s what … the court was afraid of. They didn’t want to go there.”
All nine justices sided with Mr. Trump, the current Republican front-runner in the White House race, but the court’s three liberal justices and conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote separately. Five conservatives criticized the government for taking more action than necessary to resolve the incident.
Barrett, a Trump appointee, said Colorado’s appeal does not “require” the court to “address the complex question of whether federal law is the only means to enforce Title III.” he claimed. She said these kinds of decisions should “lower temperatures across the country, not raise them.”
Conway, a staunch critic of Trump, was then asked about the opinion of the three liberal justices and said the majority “improperly decided new constitutional issues that isolate this court and the court.” . [Trump] From future controversies. ”
He said he didn’t know exactly what the justices were discussing, saying, “Just as you can’t tell heads and tails from a majority opinion, you can’t tell heads and tails from a concurring opinion. ‘ he claimed.
“It’s just a shoddy legal process overall,” Conway argued.
He explained that he does not think the majority opinion is over the top, but rather goes “too far.”
“You see a certain fear in the opinion and the opinions that agree with it. I mean, Judge Barrett just…her opinion exuded fear about the political implications of the decision,” Conway said. Ta.
“This is a criticism of the majority opinion.” [that] In fact, it undermines the consenter’s own opinion about the outcome of the case that should be affirmed,” he later added.
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