Former President Donald Trumpโs appeal of a Colorado ruling barring him from the ballot may force the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in directly on his 2024 election prospects, a case that legal experts said will likely pull its nine justices into a political firestorm.
That state was the first, followed by Maine, to rule that Trump was disqualified from seeking the Republican presidential nomination due to his actions ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, an unprecedented legal decision that the nationโs top court could find too pressing to avoid.
โI doubt that any of the justices are pleased that theyโre being forced into the fray over Donald Trumpโs future. But it seems to me that the court will have no choice but to face these momentous issues,โ said attorney Deepak Gupta, who has argued cases before the Supreme Court.
The justices, Gupta said, will have to act with โunusual speed and, hopefully, in a way that does not further divide our deeply divided land. That is a daunting and unenviable task.โ
Republicans arenโt above hypocrisy. Heโll make up some stupid excuse about how this case is different somehow. Maybe heโll say that Trump isnโt an insurrectionist because he wasnโt successful, or maybe heโll blame it on the phase of the moon, who the fuck knows
Republicans embrace hypocrisy. Itโs the defining feature of conservativism.
While youโre probably right, the difference is that Gorsuch would give ammo to his enemies by reversing his own decision when he doesnโt need to in order for his team to win. IF he recuses himself, it is because he knows the other conservative justices will find for Trump.
