Saturday, December 30, 2023

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Back on Colorado Ballot, Off, On Maine's

The Babylon Bee, Colorado Bans Trump From Running Over Concerns Usual Election Rigging System Could Fail.  "I know we have all the normal rigging techniques available to us, but we're worried that Trump's lead could grow so much that those efforts will fail to protect our democracy as they did in 2020," said Justice Richard Gabriel. "Rest assured, we will not rest until we save democracy by making it completely illegal to vote for Trump. You're welcome, America!" At NYPo, Colorado puts Trump back on 2024 GOP primary ballot while ruling is appealed. James Lynch at Da Caller, Trump Will Remain On Colorado Primary Ballot Pending Supreme Court Ruling. From Da Caller, Jared Golden Makes His Case For Why Trump Should Be Left On Maine Ballot "until Trump is “found guilty” of “insurrection,” he should remain on the ballot" which is going to be hard, since he hasn't been charged with it. Twitchy says  CO SecState's Lecture About Trump and the Rule of Law Is 100 Percent Pure Projection. "Trump's not trying to put himself "above the law," but the Left is certainly trying to put him beneath it, all while constantly lecturing about the need to preserve the "rule of law" and "democracy"." At Da Caller Nicole Silvero reports the  Maine Secretary Of State Disqualifies Trump From Primary Ballot and James Lynch wants you to Meet The Left-Wing Activist Politician Who Kicked Trump Off The Maine Ballot. Nick Arama at Red States WATCH: Maine Sec of State Defends Move to Boot Trump, but Suspends Decision and Gets Blasted. Ace, Without Even Bothering With the Fig Leaf of a Trial, the Partisan Democrat Lunatic Maine Secretary of State Decrees, On Her Own Non-Existent Authority, That Trump is an Insurrectionist and Must Be Removed from the Primary Ballot. "Hopefully we'll soon see a lawsuit and that the Supreme Court takes up this matter immediately and adds it to the Colorado election-rigging. The left are insurrectionists and must be prosecuted as such." Matt Taibbi calls it The Mess in Maine "The 2024 presidential election is already an unprecedented political quagmire. . . . I must have missed that in AP Insane Legal Loopholes class. Is there any way this ends well? It feels harder and harder to imagine." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair responds "Nope. Even if the Supreme Court intervenes to put an end to this nonsense, it will set them up as the target of progressive ire once again. That will be especially true if such a decision comes down 6-3 or 5-4, rather than 9-0. This is an effort to dismantle representative democracy, largely by unelected officials in state judiciaries and executive branches. There is no way this ends well."   Brandon Morse at RedState thinks Maine, Colorado, and the Democrats May Have Just Handed Trump 2024.

NYPo, California secretary of state keeps Trump on 2024 ballot after Maine boots him. From TNP, ‘Louisiana Woman’ Suing to Keep Trump Off Ballot is Self-Described ‘Neo-Communist’ & Democrat Party Operative. E. Don Elliott at Am Spec, thinks the US Supreme Court Should Reverse Colorado Supreme Court 9–0, claiming "Trump’s acquittal by the Senate for “inciting insurrection” precludes disqualification." From the Conservative Brief, CNN Legal Analyst Rips Maine Secretary of State For Removing Trump From ’24 Ballot. Hayden Ludwig at Am Great details how Erasing Trump from 2024 Ballot Is an Inside-the-Beltway Job, "Here are the professional left-wing activists responsible for the Colorado Supreme Court’s undemocratic decision." "I think the Supreme Court is going to take this case and I think the Supreme Court is going to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court,” he said." Capt. Ed says "So do I. I’ve laid out several constitutional grounds for that too, including in today’s post. This is not an issue for states to enforce, a point Honig makes too. But as Honig says, we’re in unchartered territory now, and the Supreme Court will have political risks no matter which way they go."  Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller reports ‘They Will Stop At Nothing’: Tulsi Gabbard Slams Maine’s ‘Dangerous’ Removal Of Trump From Ballot. Althouse, Sooner than never? "A Daily Beast headline I didn't click on: "Why Trump May Find Himself in Jail Sooner Than He Thinks."" I didn't either. Paul Ingrassia at Am Great argues for Why Trump Is Correct About Presidential Immunity. "The media’s ridiculous construction of presidential immunity as applied to Donald Trump would, if taken to its logical conclusion, deny such protection altogether and implicate every single president."

That's enough for now.

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