Colorado Supreme Court kicks Trump off ballot

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[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The court found that the accepted facts are sufficient proof of insurrection.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I learned something today. I didn't realize the Amendment was written that way. It's odd how sometimes lawyers and lawmakers will interpret the Constitution with original intent or if it is a living, breathing document. I think that makes it a living, breathing document to them.

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's odd how sometimes lawyers and lawmakers will interpret the Constitution with original intent or if it is a living, breathing document.

This is a difference of opinion. "Originalists" are sometimes motivated by the fact that that approach can allow discarding of hundreds of years of case law. So it's favored by federalist society judges. But not all originalists are right wing christofascists.

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I wasn't clear enough in what I typed out. Odd for certain lawmakers to want both interpretations, depending on what suits them.

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Federalist society judges are famous for that too.