On February 8, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments regarding the Colorado court decision to remove former president Donald Trump from the state primary ballot.
Unimpressed, judges probed lawyer Jason Clifford Murray, who is representing the Colorado state, on their basis for disqualifying Trump on Colorado’s ballot.
In December last year, Colorado’s highest court dropped Trump from their ballot for allegedly engaging in insurrection at the Capitol in Washington D.C. Outraged by the decision, the GOP leader appealed the decision, and the justices will give their opinion on the matter on Thursday.
Murray, frustrated with the court’s constant questioning, resorted to fear-mongering. He also cited Article 2, which he claimed authorizes states to run their elections, including the removal of “ineligible” candidates from the ballot.
Justice Elena Kagan raised her skepticism on Murray’s argument and asked, “Why should a single state get to decide who gets to be the President of the United States?”
“That means is quite extraordinary.”
The lawyer argued that if the Supreme Court ruled in favor of his client, it could set a precedent for other states, and insisted the justices recognize Colorado’s decision as a record of facts. A decision that heavily relies on the alleged finding of the now-defunct January 6 Select Committee.
Murray’s response drew more questions among the justices. The court raised that every state had different processes to address ballot issues, meaning there would have been several “records of fact” to come before the case arrived in the Supreme Court.
So why would they accept one over another? the justices asked.
Justice Samuel Alito argued, “Would we have to determine the appropriate rule of evidence … standard of proof?”
“Would we give any deference to these state court judges, some of whom are elected. … Would we have to have our own trial?” Judge Alito added.
Murray replied that the Supreme Court could hold an independent review of Colorado’s trial record. To which Justice Alito blasted, “What would happen if two sets of decisions and records were presented before the court?”
The lawyer failed to provide an answer.
Despite failing to argue with the justices, Murray insists that the Supreme Court should affirm the Colorado decision that Trump was involved in “insurrection.”
The justices warned Murray that the position of the state could disenfranchise voters.
“What about democracy, the right of people to elect the candidate of their choice?” asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Justice Kavanaugh also highlighted that federal statutes were already in place, like Section 2383 of Title 18, which addresses the issue of insurrection.
According to Kavanaugh, these federal statutes disqualified anyone convicted of insurrection from holding office. And so, “there is a federal statute on the books, but President Trump has not been charged with that. So what are we to make of that?
President Trump closely monitored the hearing and responded, “It’s a very beautiful process.”
“I hope that democracy in this country will continue because, right now, we have a very, very tough situation with all of the radical left ideas, with the weaponization of politics. They’ve weaponized it like it’s never been weaponized before. It’s totally illegal, but they do it anyway.”
“And it has to stop. Every one of the court cases and I’m involved, every single one, civil, whether it’s the attorney generals or the district attorneys. You look at Fani in Georgia. They had many meetings with the White House and with the DoJ. They went there, eight hour meetings. It was all staged. It was a phony hoax. And now you’re looking at it and it is a phony hoax. And hopefully that case will be dismissed in short order. It’s a — it’s a disgrace to this country, But they work together with the Justice Department and the White House and not supposed to do that,” Trump added.
I am hopeful that the Supreme Court will do what is right. May they have real courage to do so.
Not only for the Colorado case but EVERY state should NOT interfere with the voters right to vote for who they want, the voters pick their choice NOT some state supreme court this is STILL AMERICA not some Banana republic country we want president Trump to remain on the ballot in ALL states.