Chip Bok for January 06, 2024

^^^I want democracy to prevail. Put the fascists who tried to overturn the election in prison where they belong.

Looks like Kev and a couple of others now have to pay the piper. When they do then they’re 100% corrupt.

Trump is everything the Democrats and, the swamp hate! And their end game is do everything to destroy our democracy.

Republicans like Bok cannot comprehend that it is exactly those kinds of cleanups that the Justices should sign up for, not the luxury vacations and other corruption.

Hopefully more states can bar him and derail trump

Are they actually going to clean it up and rule with the Constitution as they claim they do with their “Originalism” or will they find some excuse to whitewash over those passages they don’t like like they actually do.

The big question is, “Will TFG’s SCOTUS appointments remain loyal to the overtly seditious authoritarian Nazi-like party that appointed them … or to our democratic republic’s Constitution?”. Does their overzealous thoughtless party loyalty override objective truth?

Those pieces of paper must be very valuable, otherwise clarence thomas wouldn’t have an armful.

How the supreme court enforces the constitution will be decided, after serious consideration of the size of the yachts alito is fishing on, the amount of leg room on the private jets clarence thomas is flown around in, and how much cash justice roberts wife receives.

The choice is really simple. Vote for democracy, and vote against MAGA.

Will DJT’s re-election bring on extreme TDS or just wide spread insanity?

No, you didn’t sign up for it. You should resign. All Trump nominees should refuse to vote on the issue.

Be really interesting how the SCOTUS is going to thread this needle. I think we are in for the best gobbledygook the nation has ever seen.

Well, it looks like the SCOTUS will decide if the Insurrection trump led against the United States of America will disqualify him from running again. February 8th, the SCOTUS will oral arguments and then rule on the matter pretty quickly.

Frankly, I have little hope that the SCOTUS will disqualify trump from the 2024 ballot. The conservative, bought & paid for the majority will create a loophole for trump to skate through. The same conservatives that say they hold the Constitution above all else will demonstrate that it is only the Articles and Preambles that they agree with that matter.

If the SCOTUS wasn’t the playground for wealthy donors, they would rule trump ineligible and then say he has a redress if Congress votes by 2/3rds to allow him to run. However, I’m sure they won’t do that.

Bottom line. The President of the United States, trump, led an insurrection to overturn the will of the voters on January 6th, 2021. It is a stain that will be on our country for the rest of history. We must never allow trump, or the people who supported him, elected and otherwise, to ever be in power again.

Oh look, its the people who want to FORCE their religious conviction about abortion to override the advice of every woman’s doctor. The republican fascist court is taking our rights away as fast as they can

I am not quite like most conservatives on this, I don’t see this totally coming out of left field. The states have the right to run elections as stated in the constitution, no doubt. Still how this came about just doesn’t work, the Colorado Supreme Court made one decision to remove Trump while one person in charge of elections in Main made the other. Unless something in the two state’s constitutions says so, how does this work?

Also without due process. When the first clause of the 14th Amendment states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”. In other words, you cannot take away due process.

Then if a State Supreme Court or an appointed official do this, can a Governor do this, can a State Attorney General do this? I don’t think so, if this stands, we will never have a fair and free election again. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Democratic Jared Golden, and others say Trump should be on the Ballot. If you disagree remember this next time Republicans are in control.

I wonder if the “Supreme” Court “Justices” are “smart” enough to realize that Trump has threatened (promised?) to render the rule of law — and that includes the Court itself — null and void. (I could add “if he’s elected”, but I’m sure he’ll claim to be “elected”, even if the Republicans make someone else their national candidate.)

And it won’t matter if the future Court rules against him, since the power of enforcement — _or lack thereof _ lies in the Executive branch… i.e., the President himself and the staff under him.

Interestingly enough, I don’t believe there’s anything in the law requiring the Court to consider their own future — or even threats of future sedition — in their decisions. But there’s plenty of legal basis for keeping him off of state ballots, not least of which is the fact that the Supreme Court has repeatedly supported the right of the individual states to each have their own laws governing the process of voting, including choosing of candidates to appear on their ballots. (Some, but not all, have “primary” elections, and the laws governing such primaries vary considerably, including some which allow cross-party voting and others which don’t. The national Constitution doesn’t even consider the existence of political “parties”.)

Clarence wouldn’t be there, his billionaire frien will pay someone to take his place.

By the way, it seems that everybody discussing the 14th Amendment is talking about “insurrection”, but the Amendment actually says, “No person … who, having previously taken an oath … to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” (my emphasis)

Note that it says “insurrection or rebellion” against “the Constitution”. It does not claim to require a broader “insurrection or rebellion” against the nation or other aspects of the nation’s government. I hope those invoking Section 3 of the 14th Amendment will be able — and willing — to bring up this distinction when they argue before the Supreme Court.

Donald Trump took such an oath. He then rebelled against supporting the provisions of that Constitution which specify the procedure for electing the President, and he has further given considerable aid and comfort — in fact, assistance — to those attacking said provisions.

77 year old trump, after being ruled ineligible to be on the ballot in Maine by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, doxxed her on his platform.

Immediately after that, Bellows started receiving threats against her and her family and her team.

All of them now require security, and Bellows home was swatted, because of trump’s vindictive, sociopathic, pathetic behavior.

I’m going to enjoy watching the gocomics true believers lose their minds after SCOTUS cleans up the mess created by activist courts and secretaries of state.

Who or what is TFG ?

Apparently Chip isn’t for law and order. Orange Traitor planned and led an insurrection. People that attempt to overthrow the government, don’t get to be part of the government. Then again, there are over a hundred Repubs that need to be cast out for their part in the insurrection. Voting no to certify a certified election is what an insurrectionist looks like. A hard won election, that Bide/Harris had to overcome a lot of voter suppression and racist gerrymandering to win.

Slow-walking. Why?

They will, of course, decide that T cannot be blocked from the ballot. I just cannot wait to see the wave of illogic concerning the 14th Amendment they are going to make.

I thought that was Mister Trump’s desire. At least that is what he said.