Trump has petitioned the Supreme Courtroom to overturn his disqualification in Colorado, however even the start of his petition exhibits contempt for democracy.
Trump’s attorneys had some attention-grabbing makes use of of citation marks are they put the query earlier than the Courtroom:
The Supreme Courtroom of Colorado held that President Donald J. Trump is disqualified from holding the workplace of President as a result of he “engaged in insurrection” towards the Structure of america—and that he did so after taking an oath “as an officer of the United States” to “support” the Structure. The state supreme court docket dominated that the Colorado Secretary of State mustn’t record President Trump’s identify on the 2024 presidential main poll or rely any write-in votes forged for him. The state supreme court docket stayed its choice pending United States Supreme Courtroom evaluation.
The query offered is: Did the Colorado Supreme Courtroom err in order- ing President Trump excluded from the 2024 presidential main poll?
It has been a given all through presidential historical past that presidents take an oath of workplace to assist the Structure. Is Trump’s authorized protection that the president isn’t an officer of america and that it’s not the job of any president to assist the Structure?
If that’s the case, it’s troublesome to think about a extra hostile place to the Structure and democracy than the one which Trump and his authorized staff have chosen.
Trump’s staff goes on to argue that the President Of The US is not any a federal officer, therefor Article 3 of the 14th Modification doesn’t apply to him.
The protection is flimsy, however it’s one which Trump has made again and again. Trump’s protection for all of his alleged crimes is that presidents are above the regulation and the Structure doesn’t apply to them.
Trump’s argument is essentially un-American, and it’s a slap within the face to the ideas that the nation was based on.
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Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work targeted on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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