(03-04-2024 10:43 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(03-04-2024 10:31 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  The Supreme Court opinion in Trump v. Anderson was released just minutes ago. The only thing I know about it is that it was unanimous.

From https://www.scotusblog.com

"The court reversed the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot on the grounds that he participated in insurrection. 'Because the Constitution makes Congress, rather than the States, responsible for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates, we reverse'."

Link to the full opinion:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23...9_19m2.pdf

Based only on the SCOTUSblog summary, this seems like a classic case of a Supreme Court decision coming down not to the ultimate substantive question ("Is Trump eligible to be President?"), but to the jurisdictional question of who can make that call and and one what basis -- just as in the Dobbs v. Jackson case on abortion.

Sadly, I think we can safely predict that, also as in Dobbs v. Jackson, this essential understanding of the role of a judiciary will be lost on the commentariat, especially on the most gleeful and most angry segments of it.

What this also does is kick the can down the path a bit more.

I will assume that if Trump is elected, and the Ds control Congress --- there will be once again another furball.

And SCOTUS took the only path available that allowed it to ignore the findings of fact in the lower proceedings.

??? This was always a jurisdictional question. Why would they do anything other than address that? The States do NOT have jurisdiction to remove Federal candidates from the ballot. No matter the alleged 'reason'. That's it. 9-0. Even the brain-dead Leftists on the Court saw that this was jurisdictionally incorrect.

Edit: here's the relevant quote:

Quote:“This case raises the question whether the States, in addition to Congress, may also enforce Section 3. We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office. But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency”