GiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agoSupreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attackapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up10external-linkSupreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attackapnews.comGiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-28 months agoThat’s not how the opinion works. The Supremes said states can’t remove candidates from the federal ballot under the insurrection clause. They can remove state candidates. It doesn’t rule on anything else.
minus-squarechakan2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months agoThe rest of their reasoning was basically “Congress can’t do this shit, it’d be a mess, so we’ll step up and reverse that clause.” They specifically said they will enforce the constitution as they see fit.
That’s not how the opinion works. The Supremes said states can’t remove candidates from the federal ballot under the insurrection clause. They can remove state candidates. It doesn’t rule on anything else.
The rest of their reasoning was basically “Congress can’t do this shit, it’d be a mess, so we’ll step up and reverse that clause.”
They specifically said they will enforce the constitution as they see fit.