floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoSupreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attackapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square306fedilinkarrow-up1563arrow-down113cross-posted to: usnews@beehaw.orgpolitics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1550arrow-down1external-linkSupreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attackapnews.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square306fedilinkcross-posted to: usnews@beehaw.orgpolitics@lemmy.world
minus-squareUllallulloo@civilloquy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoThe Constitution says “The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.” SCOTUS isn’t ignoring the Constitution for once.
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 months agoNoteably, SCOTUS doesn’t legislate, nor are they “Congress”. If there is a law saying as much (states can’t control primary ballots), though, sure.
minus-squareUllallulloo@civilloquy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoYeah, SCOTUS can’t remove a candidate for insurrection. The only way is if Congress passes a law describing who is.
minus-squaredalekcaan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoOf course not. Not when it suits them.
The Constitution says “The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.” SCOTUS isn’t ignoring the Constitution for once.
Noteably, SCOTUS doesn’t legislate, nor are they “Congress”. If there is a law saying as much (states can’t control primary ballots), though, sure.
Yeah, SCOTUS can’t remove a candidate for insurrection. The only way is if Congress passes a law describing who is.
Of course not. Not when it suits them.