Stephen Colbert uncovered the holes within the Supreme Court docket’s 14th Modification logic with a single joke.
Colbert stated:
.The justices declare that since totally different states have totally different requirements for what would qualify as rebellion, conflicting state outcomes would result in chaos. Sure, the Supreme Court docket is aware of you’ll be able to’t simply let states resolve who goes on their ballots. States are too busy deciding that life begins within the freezer part. Subsequent to the pearl onions. You realize. Life. So. Anyway,
Right here’s the SCOTUSÂ rationale. The bulk says that disqualifying a candidate for congress passes laws. Okay, fast query. If congress does resolve to go that laws to disqualify a candidate for rebellion, what if he sends his mob to storm congress to cease them from passing that laws? Does that rely as rebellion? Or have they got to go extra laws about that earlier than the subsequent mob reveals up? I’m simply asking, as a result of clearly you guys haven’t put any thought into any of these items. Okay, you gotta assume it by way of. There’s steps.
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Colbert is correct. The Supreme Court docket is outwardly dwelling in a fantasy the place Congress is able to passing laws. What would occur if Congress tried to go laws however a president despatched a mob to the Capitol to dam it?
It’s nearly as if January sixth by no means occurred within the eyes of the Supreme Court docket.
The nation must have the flexibility to disqualify insurrectionists earlier than they get into energy.
Whereas the court docket was proper, a patchwork answer can be inviting chaos, however anticipating the present Congress to do something is unrealistic.
When an insurrectionist can get across the SCOTUS treatment by staging an rebellion, it reveals that the excessive court docket’s plan has quite a lot of holes in it.
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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 Bachelorâs Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work targeted on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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