Of course, today is filled with reports of and reactions to yesterday's Supreme Court ruling squashing the various blue states attempts to keep Donald Trump off the ballot using the 14 Amendments insurrection clause. Insty, THIS IS CORRECT, OF COURSE: "Smackdown on CO: Unanimous SCOTUS Rules States Cannot DQ Trump on 14A; RNC: ‘Pure Election Interference.’ A lot of lefty law professors — and some conservatives who succumbed to TDS — managed to fool themselves otherwise, but this was always a dumb argument" and on Substack, The Supreme Court Rules "Many pundits are fools."Spencer Brown at TownHall, SCOTUS Rules Unanimously on Trump Ballot Case. Jacob Sullum at Reason, Supreme Court Unanimously Rules That States May Not Disqualify Trump As an Insurrectionist. "Three justices who concurred in that judgment accuse the majority of trying to "insulate all alleged insurrectionists from future challenges" by going further than necessary." Althouse, The Supreme Court case.... is unanimous and in Trump's favor. "Here's the full text." Andy McCarthy at NRO, The Supreme Court’s Unanimous 5–4 Decision. James Lynch at NRO, Supreme Court Restores Trump to Colorado Primary Ballot in Unanimous Ruling ahead of Super Tuesday. NYPo, Trump declares ‘BIG WIN FOR AMERICA’ as Supreme Court orders ex-prez back on Colorado primary ballot ahead of Super Tuesday. Roger Kimball at Spec World, Supreme Court rejects Colorado’s attempt to kick Trump off ballot "The 9-0 unanimous verdict is cheery news for partisans of genuine democracy." Cutie Pavlich at TownHall, Justice Barrett Explains the Message Americans Should Take Away From the Trump Ballot Ruling ""In my judgment, this is not the time to amplify disagreement with stridency. The Court has settled a politically charged issue in the volatile season of a Presidential election. Particularly in this circumstance, writings on the Court should turn the national temperature down, not up," Barrett wrote. "For present purposes, our differences are far less important than our unanimity: All nine Justices agree on the outcome of this case. That is the message Americans should take home." A surprisingly sharp take on it from Ace, in italics with the trademark flaming skull, Supreme Court Unanimously Strikes Down the Colorado Supreme Court's Juvenile Internet Trolling Disguised as a "Judicial Decision"
Six Justices -- the five "conservatives," plus Roberts -- voted for an opinion stating that Congress alone has the power to announce who is disabled from holding federal office due to "insurrectionary" acts. Presumably Congress would actually pass a law stating that certain persons named in the law were insurrectionists and not eligible to hold federal office.
The three liberal Justices claimed that that goes to far, and that a state could rule that Trump (or any other office-seeker) was barred from seeking federal office if that person had been convicted under the federal law of "insurrection."
That's not a crazy position to hold, but the justices in the majority probably resisted it, because they know the left is just spamming out one lawfare case after another, and if they left any wiggle room for another series of lawsuits to exclude Trump from the ballot, they'd leap to do that, and we'd have another nine months of actions to bar Trump from the ballot and a bunch more Supreme Court hearings on the constitutionality of these lawsuits.
So the majority said, "No, that's enough of this bullshit. It ends now."
From Da Caller, Nathan Wade’s Former Law Partner Privately Made Statements That ‘Directly’ Contradicted His Testimony, Witness Claims. “Mr. Bradley stated that he had personal knowledge of the relationship between Mr. Wade and District Attorney Willis, and included details regarding the use of Ms. Robin Yeartie’s apartment and other meetings prior to November 2021,” the filing states. She stated that Bradley did not begin representing Wade in his divorce until November 2021." Capt. Ed, I think McAfee has heard enough already, but the Georgia State Bar will take an interest. Ace, Trump Co-Defendants Inform Judge That They Have a Witness Who Will Contradict Terrence Bradley's Claims About "Not Remembering" Any Details About the Fani-Sweetdick Affair. "This rebuttal witness will claim she heard Terrence Bradley talking about it a lot." Breitbart claims an Exclusive: Partner of Fani Willis’s Deputy Jeff DiSantis Works with Biden 2024 Campaign. Am Spec's Dave Catron on Why He thinks GA Judge Won’t Disqualify Fani Willis. "In two months, Judge McAfee has to face the voters in overwhelmingly Democrat Fulton County." Capt. Ed, "I understand where Catron is coming from; I hope he's wrong, but it's not clear yet. My impression is that McAfee is leaving a record which shows him bending over backwards for Willis but only to defend himself when he disqualifies her." CNN cited by Hat Hair, Hmmm: Ashleigh Merchant Subpoenaed By Georgia Legislative Committee. Capt. Ed, "I'm sure Merchant will be delighted to comply with this subpoena. The big question is whether Terrence Bradley, Nathan Wade, and Fani Willis will cooperate when they're subpoenaed."
At Zero Hedge, Another One? Trump-Hunter Letitia James Spent Thousands On Luxury Travel And All Sorts Of Other Malarkey. "Speaking of campaign consultants, can anyone tell me why a state Attorney General would need to spend over $300,000 in a single year (2023) on campaign consultants when she *just* won re-election the previous November? What could she possibly be consulting on? Furthermore, why do these million-dollar “campaign consultancy firms” always seem to be run out of random 2-bedroom apartments?"
Brianna Lyman at Da Fed, Russia Hoax Lawyer Marc Elias Admits Trump Can’t Get An Impartial Jury In D.C. Trial “In a city of 700,000, Donald Trump got 676 votes in the GOP primary. A tough jury pool,” he commented."
MD Kittle at Da Fed notes Nikki Haley Wins Her First 2024 Primary In Her True Constituency, The D.C. Swamp. Capt. Ed, "I don't have as much problem with Haley highlighting her singular win in The Swamp in fundraising and organizing appeals. After all, it's better than losing in DC, and it's her only actual win. But no one's going to be fooled into thinking that's "momentum," as Haley's team dubbed it."
Insty, BUCK THE ESTABLISHMENT, RISK DEATH: Joel Pollak@joelpollak, "This is nuts. Mayorkas consulted with a five-member committee, four of whom are leaders of the two major parties Kennedy is opposing, about whether he should get Secret Service protection. The political cartel gets to cancel non-members in more than a figurative sense." From Reason, There Are So Many Ways the 2024 Election Could Go Wrong. "No matter who wins between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, chaos is likely to ensue." Sasha Stone, Confessions of a Corrupt Liberal "I voted "Blue no Matter Who" because I thought I was saving the World. I was wrong."
Josh Barros is Very Serious that Sonia Sotomayor Must Retire. "Democrats are distressed about the conservative court, but not ruthless enough to tell the aging justice to step down in time to avoid shifting the court even farther right." Capt. Ed, "Does this type of campaign ever work? And shouldn't we be asking about whether it would be appropriate for a supposedly non-partisan justice to strategize in this manner at all? A Sotomayor retirement would certainly look somewhat suspiciously like partisan game-playing, especially for a justice not yet 70 years old and hardly the oldest on the current court."
Sauron's Eye, cited at Hat Hair, New MSM Poll: Trump 52% Over Biden. Capt. Ed, "CBS buried the lede in this poll yesterday, almost entirely. You have to scroll down almost to the end to see that Trump actually gets a majority of voters in this poll, albeit while including leaners." Steve Hayward at Power Line, Today in NY Times Biden Doom-polling. Rich Lowry at NRO, How Is This Survivable for Biden? Capt. Ed, "Again, the only way it could possibly be survivable is if Democrats can convince voters that Trump is worse. And that's going to be very hard to do." Ace, New CBS Poll Finds 52% of Likely Voters Support Trump, Fox News Also Shows Trump with a 49-47 Lead. "Hat tip Hot Air, which in turn was alerted to the polls by Rich Lowry. Regarding the Fox News finding that 45% say that Trump's policies helped them, and 48% saying Biden's policies hurt them, he asks "How does Biden survive this?" Steve Hayward again, Today’s “Dump Biden” Installment. Capt. Ed responds "They can't dump Biden and bypass Kamala Harris. That's especially true if the Obamastablishment (my term, not Steven's) is calling the shots. They'll have an easier time running Harris than Newsom , and a far easier time running Harris than other and better Democrat-governor alternatives. Hat Hair's KT hears Progressives Organize Against Biden in GA Primary, Warnock's Church Welcomes Protesters. From the Babylon Bee, Dems Begin To Panic As Biden Not Dead Yet.
Ace, Former Biden Crime Family Associate: Biden Told Hunter's Chinese and Russian "Business" Partners, "Be Good To My Boy" "Wink. Wink wink. You know what I mean by "Be good to my boy," right?" Also, Tony Bobulinski Sues Madison Cornbread for Defaming Him by Falsely Claiming He Was Involved In "Shady Business Dealings". "Noted expert Madison Cornbread heard something to the effect of him being involved in something totes sketchy and full-on sus. Note that some of you might know Madison Cornbread by her future OnlyFans handle, Cassidy Hutchinson." Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair VIP, Hunter Biden Sued by Chinese "Client."
From Da Fetched, Media Ignores Biden’s Mental Decline, Claims Trump Has Cognitive Problems. At Hat Hair John Sexton notes Even SNL is Talking about Joe Biden's Age Now. Twitchy, 'I've Seen It for Myself!' John Kirby's 'Doing the SNL Sketch' to Vouch for Biden's Vim and Vigor.
Paul Bedard at WaEx reports Biden secretly dumped 320,000 ‘inadmissible’ illegal immigrants into US cities, but it's all Greg Abbott and Donald Trump's fault. PJM's VodkaPundit thinks it's Too Funny: Border Patrol Union Doubles Down on Biden Diss. Hat Hair's KT, Georgia House Passes Bill Allowing Police to Arrest Suspected Illegal Aliens. Fast moving, Ace, Federal Appeals Court Okays Texas' Law Allowing the Arrest and Jailing of Illegal Aliens, then Hat Hair's KT, Hello SCOTUS: Appeals Court Reverses Ruling to Block TX Immigration Law and Dallas Morning News, NEW: SCOTUS Issues Temporary Stay on Texas Border-Enforcement Law. Capt. Ed, "SCOTUS giveth, SCOTUS taketh away ... *sigh*. FWIW, I've always been skeptical that this Texas law won't run afoul of the Supremacy Clause."
At PM, Biden to pit Americans against each other in divisive State of the Union. Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN, After canceling student loan debt, Biden admin announces paying college students to register voters, "This is an “attempt to weaponize the federal government to support the president’s reelection campaign." From the Conservative Brief, U.S. Farmers Issue Dire Warning About Biden Policies Destroying Agriculture.
Jonathan Turley on The Curious Case of Steven Baker: Advocate, Journalist, or Advocacy Journalist? "That brings us back to Baker. He is not charged with property damage or violence. The question is whether, on that day, he was an advocate, a journalist or an advocate journalist. So, what exactly is journalism? Major media figures have actively erased the distinction between advocates and journalists. It is now subject to the same test that Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once used to identify pornography in the case Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184 (1964): “I shall not today attempt further to define [it]…But I know it when I see it.” Capt. Ed, "Practically every "journalist" these days is an advocate. The New York Times staff made that very clear when they rebelled against the publication of Tom Cotton's op-ed and then again when they tried to do the same thing in response to even-handed reporting on detransitioners. There isn't a single American mainstream media platform that doesn't do advocacy these days, and most of them prioritize it over factual reporting." Ted Cruz@tedcruz, "BIG news (ignored by media): DC Circuit UNANIMOUSLY rules that Biden DOJ got much longer sentences for J6 defendants than allowed under law. Opinion authored by an Obama appointee & joined by another Obama appointee. Biden DOJ is the MOST partisan & political DOJ in history." Rick Moran hears Col. Bearclaw Vindman Say Trump Has 'Every Intention' to Destroy Democracy if He's Elected. I thought his 15 minutes of infamy was past.
From JTN, Washington state's 'misinformation' program flags factual stories on noncitizens voting. "The report warned that the story could “motivate individuals to call for stricter voter registration laws and more oversight of the process.”" Dave Strom, Things I Like: Bari Weiss and the Free Press. Althouse, "When people wonder how things might go wrong if AI controlled the world, this example clearly illustrates the point." Elon Musk@elonmusk, "The sheer insanity of that actual response from Google’s AI is staggering! They will fix it to be less obvious in the future, but the bias will still be in there. AI mirrors the mistakes of its creators. When people wonder how things might go wrong if AI controlled the world, this example clearly illustrates the point. The best approach to AI safety – in my opinion, the only approach that would work – is to be maximally truth-seeking. Honesty is the best policy." Mike Solana at Pirate Wires, goes inside Google's Culture of Fear "inside the DEI hivemind that led to gemini's disaster."
Dave Strom thinks Religious Freedom Is Dead in Minnesota and Why, Doritos, Why?
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