Sophia Flores of OAN
11:52am – Thursday, February 8, 2024
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) met Thursday to debate the merits of efforts to remove 45 people.th President Donald J. Trump could win Colorado’s presidential vote.
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The Trump v. Anderson case is due to his alleged actions on January 6th.thIn 2021, President Trump has 14 votes that qualify under the Section 3 definition and are therefore eligible to be removed from the ballot.th Fixed.
14th The Third Amendment to the Constitution states: “No person shall hold any office under the United States…as a member of Congress or an officer of the United States…who has sworn an oath to support the Constitution.” It has been. A person of the United States shall have engaged in rebellion or insurrection against the United States, or rendered aid or comfort to an enemy of the United States. ”
Trump’s team argued that his alleged actions while in office did not fall within that definition.
During two hours of remarks, the nine Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism about President Trump’s idea of banning voting. Some of their questions suggested support for Trump in the voting contest.
Chief Justice John Roberts expressed concern about the “serious” consequences that would result from oustering the former president. Additionally, he wondered if excluding him from Colorado’s ballot would lead to other states following suit and excluding other candidates based on political motives.
“Lawyer, what are you doing? What do you think is the clear outcome from your position?” Roberts asked Jason Murray, attorney for Colorado voters. “If Colorado’s position is upheld, there will certainly be disqualification proceedings on the other side, and some of them will be successful…regardless of who the Democratic nominee is, a significant number of states will They would say you would be voted out.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked Murray what the word “insurrection” meant under the Constitution.
“When you look at Section 3, the term insurrection jumps out at you,” Kavanaugh said. “And the question is, what does that mean? How do you define it? Who decides? Who decides whether someone was involved in it?”
He also noted the fact that President Trump has not been convicted of sedition.
The toughest question for prosecutors came from a left-leaning judge.
Justice Ketanji Brown questioned why the word “President” was not included in Section 3 of Article 14.th Fixed.
“Why didn’t you include the word president in the highly enumerated list in Section 3?” Brown asked Murray. “What’s really concerning to me, and I understand your point, is that they listed people who were banned from entering the country, and the president wasn’t there. So maybe they I think they were worried that they weren’t focusing on the president.”
Justice Elena Kagan questioned why a single state should have the power to decide who can and cannot run for president.
“Why should a single nation have the ability to make this decision not only for its own people but also for the nation?” she asked.
Trump spoke after the debate. He said oral arguments were a “beautiful process” and that he “hopes for the continuation of democracy in this country.”
“I just finished watching the Supreme Court, and you know, I like watching it in a lot of ways. It’s a shame that we have to go through something like this,” President Trump said in Mar. – Speaking to reporters in Largo. “I think what Democrats are doing is further election interference. The good news is we’re leading in almost every poll.”
Colorado’s argument is that President Trump should be removed from the ballot because of his role on January 6th.th2021. On that day, protests broke out at the Capitol while Congress was certifying the electoral votes for the 2020 presidential election.
Prosecutors allege that Trump “incited the insurrection” by directing his supporters to march to the Capitol.
President Trump’s lawyer, Jonathan Mitchell, denied that what happened was a riot.
“We never accepted or acknowledged in our opening brief that this was an insurrection,” Mitchell said. “What we said in our opening brief is that President Trump plausibly called it an insurrection. “He did not engage in any of the conduct that could be characterized.”
“An insurrection requires an organized and concerted effort to overthrow the U.S. government through violence,” he continued.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the case in the coming days or weeks. There is no deadline set for when the court will make a decision.
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