California’s lieutenant governor sent a letter to the state’s secretary of state on Wednesday asking her to explore "every legal option" to remove former President Don...
I think they could say they incorrectly found as a matter of fact that Trump incited insurrection.
If they nullify that, then they wouldn’t be able to ban him under the 14th.
Edit: if they force the Supreme cout to rule on this though (did he incite insurrection), that will set precedent country wide, and ban him from the presidency completely I imagine?
So now that Colorado has done it, do there even need to be future lawsuits in any state to follow?
I imagine there might be a lawsuit challenging the state doing it, but thats different than having to prove it in the first place like in Colorado
Most states that are considering this are probably waiting for SCOTUS to weigh in.
Can they really weigh in on how a state runs its elections?
I think they could say they incorrectly found as a matter of fact that Trump incited insurrection.
If they nullify that, then they wouldn’t be able to ban him under the 14th.
Edit: if they force the Supreme cout to rule on this though (did he incite insurrection), that will set precedent country wide, and ban him from the presidency completely I imagine?
I think it’s not state election instruction that’s under question. It’s whether it’s sound to invoke the 14th amendment.
I’m no expert, but it seems logical that you could still win enough electoral votes from states that are not CO.
Dems have won CO every presidential election since 2008, so maybe not a huge issue for Trump? Again - I’m just guessing here.
The idea is that since Presidence has been set, more states will follow. But yes, probably still only states that wouldn’t have voted for him anyway.