Flotsam and Jetsam - Even WaPoo Give Colorado Court Thumbs Down

Hat Hair's John Sexton notices the Washington Post Editorial Board: The Supreme Court Should Toss the Colorado Decision. "As Justice Samour points out in his dissent, however, what’s missing from the majority’s analysis is due process of law. Not only has Mr. Trump not been convicted of insurrection either by a jury of his peers or from the bench by a judge; he hasn’t even been charged with it. Tellingly, Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has brought an aggressive case against the former president for conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction of an official proceeding and more — but not for violating the federal law against insurrection. The penalties for that, by the way, include disqualification from “any office under the United States. . . . As the board warns, once you start down the road where any court can disqualify any candidate without due process, it won’t be just the progressive left jumping on this bandwagon." At NYPo, Jonathon Turley writes SCOTUS should rule unanimously that Constitution matters more than defeating Trump at any cost "While Democrats called for the disqualification of 120 House members, it was treated as a fringe theory. It has now lost its charm as a legal brain teaser." PJM's Matt Margolis has  What You Should Know About the Four Justices Who Deemed Trump Ineligible to Run for President. 3 Ivies and an affirmative action hire. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.21.23 (Evening Edition)  the Great Victor Davis Hanson at Am Great worries Will Partisan Lawfare Destroy Trump? "We have never seen anything like this before in American history." Yes we have. 10 southern states run by Democrats took Lincoln off the ballot. See, a precedent! And it worked out so well for them. Breitbart claims an Exclusive — Trump Lawyer Alina Habba: Trump Not Shaken by Colorado Decision; He’s ‘Stronger Than Ever. From Compact, Samuel Moyn calls it The Liberal Plot Against Democracy. At Da Caller, James Lynch finds  A Direct Line Between Joe Biden’s Deep State And Trump Getting Removed From Colorado’s Ballot and Katelynn Richardson thinks Chief Justice John Roberts Has A Major Trump Problem On His Hands. PJM's Stephen Kruiser sees Signs From the Far Left That the Colorado Supremes Stepped in It. From Althouse, "Once again, Democrats find themselves looking toward American institutions to stop Mr. Trump, whom they view as a mortal threat to democracy." "I'd like to think that passage was written with a sense of humor: Democrats out to save democracy long for a solution to Donald Trump that is anything other than defeating him democratically. The judiciary is supposed to swoop in and rescue Democrats from the task of winning the votes of the people. But the Supreme Court isn't stacked with judges who lean in the political direction that disfavors the candidate they loathe. So their hope for a nondemocratic alternative to the next election is pre-crushed." Also, "I do not believe Donald Trump should be prevented from being president of the United States by any court. I think it’s bad for the country." "Said Chris Christie, whose campaign for the nomination is based on despising Trump." That's very big of him. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.21.23 (Afternoon Edition) EBL, Rocky Mountain MAGA Ballot Ban, Twitchy:   David Frum Sounding The Alarm On A Second Trump Presidency Goes Oh So Wrong. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.21.23 (Evening Edition) American Conservative: The Mainstream Against Democracy, The Lid: Radical Democrats Look Like Stone Cold Tyrants Right Now—And Normal Democrats Can See It, Too, The Federalist: , ‘You Must Be 40’ To Be President, Whiffs California Lt. Gov. While Masquerading As Constitutional Expert.

At the Volokh Conspiracy, Steve Calabresi makes the argument Jack Smith Lacks Standing to File in the Supreme Court Because He is Only a Private Citizen, as does Ed Meese, cited at Breitbart, Jack Smith’s Special Counsel Appointment Is Unconstitutional, Former Attorney General Tells Supreme Court. Hat Hair's Capt. Ed comments, on the first, "Theoretically, maybe, but courts didn’t buy this argument on Robert Mueller and are not going to bother with it now either. We should just get rid of the special-counsel option altogether. They are always legal and political disasters, regardless of their legitimacy." He's probably right, but, boy, would that ever be amusing!

From Da Caller, ‘Wait Where?’: Biden Has Another Senior Moment When Asked About Israeli Hostages. VodkaPundit at PJM thinks Biden's Latest Mangle-Pander Must Be Seen to Be Believed. NYPo says Kamala Harris’ word salad is one more reason to worry about President Biden’s age. 

Sister Toldja at RedState is amused when Biden Campaign Throws Hitler Card at Trump, Scott Jennings Nails Perfect Way to Counter It, Scott Jennings@ScottJenningsKY "Meanwhile his campaign competes for the votes of thousands of literal, actual Hitlers running around campuses and American cities gleefully justifying and celebrating genocide against the Jewish people." Reagen Reese at Da Caller notices Joe Biden Spent Decades Villainizing People Like His Son. At TownHall the great Victor Davis Hanson argues We Are Well Beyond Hypocrisy. 

Ace, Biden Is Secretly Paying Delta Airline to Airlift His Army of Illegals All Over the American Interior, "Delta won't confirm it. But they're also not denying it, despite this story trending on X." Breitbart has 19 Recent Deep State Surveillance Abuse Revelations.

John Sexton again, Researchers Present Evidence that TikTok Suppresses Topics Critical of China. I'm generally opposed to bans, but I agree with banning TikTok. China is asshole. Also, Does Social Media Use Among Teens 'Perpetuate Inequality'. Claims minority kids spend more time on it than white kids. Is that even possible?

Campus Reform lists 4 times Jewish students were attacked on campuses in 2023. "If you're shocked, you haven't been paying attention." Vicky Taft at PJM tells the story of The Curious Case of the 'Islamophobic Hate Crime' at Stanford': Pathological Liar' or 'Brave' Victim? Jon Hadt at After Babel explains Why Antisemitism Sprouted So Quickly on Campus. It was already there, the Israel/Hamas war gave it an excuse to manifest. Capt. Ed comments "This is the first entry in a three-part series at After Babel. This above explains a lot about how Woke Inc is used to divide and destroy organizations; so far this is mainly seen in Academia but now also in compulsory education, and it’s growing in corporate America too." Tevi Troy at CJ, on Why Universities Target Jews "Elite schools are increasingly monocultural institutions that reject free thinkers." 

Prof. Rob Jenkins at Campus Reform says the  Claudine Gay debacle shows rejecting Western values has real consequences, "These self-styled 'progressives' are in reality trying to reverse four centuries of progress, taking us back to a time when a small cadre of elites ruled the world and everyone else basically lived as a serf." Karl Stack has an EXCLUSIVE  Statement on Claudine Gay from Vernon Smith, Winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics  ‘‘I see Gay as getting her post at Harvard because she was a diversity, equity and inclusion candidate, not on the basis of strong academic qualifications. There are plenty of accomplished blacks who need no such ‘help.’ Harvard is reaping the negative consequences. I am not much concerned about Gay's success in exercising her power as I don't think she has much. She is a discredit to Harvard, and that is being revealed. See:  https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-harvard-cant-fire-claudine-gay-dei-hiring-lack-of-merit-b1d480ec’’ Bob Hoge at RedState cites one Academic Who Was Plagiarized by Harvard Prez: 'Fire Claudine Gay Posthaste,' Move 'Back Towards Sanity'. UPI, House committee to probe plagiarism allegations against Harvard president. Amusing, but a bad use of Congressional resources. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn sees  NYT Puts Its Spin on What Harvard's Finding...Since They've Been Forced to Look "The allegations of plagiarism against Dr. Gay have been driven by conservative media, and on Dec. 10 surfaced publicly when the activist Christopher Rufo published a newsletter piece headlined, “Is Claudine Gay a Plagiarist?” That article, which highlighted issues with Dr. Gay’s dissertation, appeared the night before the board met to decide if she would remain as Harvard’s president." 

At The Wombat   In The Mailbox: 12.20.23 (Afternoon Edition) Behind The Black has Pushback? Deal between Republicans and Wisconsin University to shift away from DEI. At Am Spec, Missy McKenzie worries about When White People Start Believing Critical Race Theory. "What happens when the loathed white majority views itself as a persecuted class?" At Da Fed, Tristan Justice reports a Lawsuit: Wisconsin State Bar’s ‘Diversity Clerkship Program’ Discriminates Based On Skin Color. Twitchy, Conservatives Wished Good Luck With Their Civil War When 'We' Have the Army

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— 🇺🇸Travis🇺🇸 (@Travis_in_Flint) December 21, 2023

Macy Petty

Da Signal names the Problematic Woman of the Year: Riley Gaines. PJM's Stephen Kruiser finds A New Voice Emerges in the Fight Against the Trans Invasion of Women's Sports . "In a recent appearance on Fox Business, volleyball player Macy Petty spoke about her two biggest concerns regarding trans athletes, the first being a growing number of stolen opportunities for female high school athletes: "There's a lot of money in sports and these coaches, their jobs are dependent on them winning," Macy Petty told "Varney & Co." guest host David Asman on Monday.  "So, if there's no rules from the NCAA saying that it has to be a female that occupies this female scholarship spot, then they're going to go out and recruit whoever's going to win. Unfortunately, because of biological advantages, they're going to go out and recruit men now." Dave Strom at Hat Hair, It Took a Study to Prove the Obvious "Shockingly, British and American researchers have published a study in the British Medical Journal that shows that, according to their statistical analysis, biological sex has a greater impact on athletic performance than gender identity." I'm only surprised they dared. Althouse, "The desire of Saint Mary’s College to show hospitality to people who identify as transgender is not the problem. The problem is..." ""... a Catholic woman’s college embracing a definition of woman that is not Catholic. I urge the Board of Trustees of Saint Mary’s College to correct its admissions policy in fidelity to the Catholic identity and mission it is charged to protect and to reject ideologies of gender that contradict the authoritative teachings of the Catholic Church regarding the human person, sex and gender." Wrote Kevin Rhoades, the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of South Bend, Indiana, quoted in "Catholic women's college reverses plan to admit transgender biological men" (Washington Examiner)."

Brandon Morse at Red State recounts the tale of the Feminist who Discovers That the Patriarchy Is Actually Pretty Great.

Ace is outraged that Planned Parenthood Now All-In on the Transsexual "Therapy" For Children Business, Seeing the Merits of Putting Young People on an Expensive "Treatment" They Will Be On For Their Entire Lives "I mean... This is just an evil organization. It's not my way to use that word, but Planned Parenthood just seeks out the most repugnant "medicine" to offer." A new revenue source since transwomen don't have many abortions. Caroline Kurt at Da Fed details how Queer Activists Are Putting Pornographic Books In Little Free Libraries.

mrc-TV notices the Media Won’t Mention Democrat Gay Sex Video - Loved Non-Existent Trump ‘Pee Tape’. At Da Wire, Second Gay Sex Tape Allegedly Filmed In U.S. Capitol: Report. When this first came out, I remember mention of two tapes, one in the hearing room, the second in Cardin's office. 

The Wombat had Rule 5 Sunday: Santa, Baby! and FMJRA 2.0: Our Annual Rogers Hornsby Moment up at The Other McCain in time for St. Nick.