Trump filed a petition for writ of certiorari asking the Supreme Cour to take up his attraction of the Colorado Supreme Court docket’s …
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Trump filed a petition for writ of certiorari asking the Supreme Cour to take up his attraction of the Colorado Supreme Court docket’s …
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Hi Harry! I'm herbie! Your voice is so sweet! 😉🤣🤣🤣
Our laws and courts are the private playground of lawyers. Lawyers don't like to work too much, so they have built an archaic, lumbering freak of a court that moves slowly.
The Germans fought off a rebeliion 2 years ago—- the insurrectionist have been in jail for a year already
So states rights means nothing against insurrection but it means everything against abortion and 😅women’s rights to not die during childbirth or pregnancy? Double standard. We are already in a dictatorship thanks to SCOTUS. I don’t trust they will opine appropriately in this instance.
It kills me, he acts like hes so mafia and in reality hes a spoiled coward. If the Mafia was still strong, he would be dead.
The OATH breaking is paramount, not a specific crime. Anyone violating their oath of office to uphold the law can be on state ballots, but cannot hold office. States are welcome to disqualify anyone under their laws as long as they do not conflict with federal law, similar to Dobbs. SCOTUS claimed the previous SCOTUS created a law/right that should not exist. The feds also are EXPRESSLY prohibited from making election determinations by the Constitution. They can set standards or rules for the states to follow in federal elections, but that is a legislative function.
The President, like any other government official, is an employee of or an office holder of (officer of) the government. President is a JOB. Impeachment is one way to remove certain types of high level officials through law, but not the only way. ANYONE at any level is REQUIRED to be removed from office and not allowed to hold later office if they have violated their promise to the people and the Constitution under the 14th Amendment. Later Amendments modify earlier Amendments and the Constitution. Amendments are our highest law. In short, those who break their oath and work against the law and good of society should be prohibited from holding any governmental (or military) office. The military probably has better precedents on handling such issues. While a felony conviction would likely be an automatic disqualifier, a conviction is not needed. Holding a position of trust (any position) in government is a privilege, not a right. Impeachment or other removal says NOTHING other than that that particular person is not qualified to hold the job. Nothing else. Personnel decisions do not have to rely on extensive due process. A government personnel officer is expected to quickly remove those who work against their oath of service. The person removed can challenge the remival and prove their fitness if they wish to reverse the decision or get Congress to effectively issue them a pardon under the 14th.
SCOTUS cannot reasonably claim jurisdiction over state decisions on who is electable or who should represent them absent non-existent enabling federal law.
One wrinkle is that states do not vote for P and VP. Electors do. The decision to remove someone from the ballot for P and VP norh8ng against those removed durectly. Electors could still, under federal law, vote for anyone they like.
It’s difficult to think of anyone less worthy of the office of President than Trump. What does it say about Americans that they willingly enabled him and could well do so again?
How is the expression
"when the president took OFFICE"
used by everyone, all the time if the president is NOT an officer of the government ?
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Thanks Harry for all you do.
When is too far, too far? In my opinion, too far is when the states have certified their elections, and all court matters have been settled. Any extra judicial means used to sieze power is too far. It smacks the constitution in its face.
Today's Republicans like to pick and choose when the law should be upheld, or even followed.
Trump wasn't thinking of the constitution on j6 and he certainly wasn't thinking of the voters. Now that he gambled that his mob would triumph in illegally keeping him in office and lost, he doesn't want to pay the consequences for his actions. Of course that's no surprise, him escaping consequences is why we're here in the first place.
We just absolutely cannot allow him to continue getting away with flaunting his crimes and daring us to do anything about it. The utter chaos that he's rained down upon our nation is not only unacceptable, it's damned embarrassing.
Folks in Ukraine are literally dying for their right to democracy and we're letting this bafoon grind ours under his feet.
I, for one, am sick and tired of the insanity that he and his extreme supporters are subjecting us to. I'm tired of them trying to hijack our country. I'm tired of the lies. I am tired of the destruction of our society. I am just so damned tired of it all.
Please, please people, let's those of us who still retain some critical thinking skills get out and vote. Make sure everyone you know has a way to get to the polls. If you need to, give people rides to the polls. Carry them on your back if that's what it takes. Let's each of us make a pledge to each other that we'll do whatever is necessary to make sure that everyone we know who wants to vote, is able to vote, and then let's vote blue up and down those ballots. Let's take our country back from this destructive group of hateful and divisive people once and for all.
Let's tell maga a loud and resounding.. hell no, you can't have our country, we're taking it back and you can go pound sand!
If the billable hours can be estimated, how much does the US stand to lose if Trump wins and (egad) how does the US claw back expenses if Trump and his stable of legal advisors (Heaven forfend!) lose?
In legal parlance, can the US sue to be made whole?
Aleena haba threatened the Supreme court. Fine her and report to the department of judicial review. Today.
I went to sleep November 8, 2016, confident in the feeling America was safe.
I was in disbelief when I saw the Newspaper November 9, 2016 and said,
"America has entered unchartered waters with NO Captain at the helm.".
(. F – J – B ) TRUMP. 2024.
I see SCOTUS decision as saying once and for all that defendant Chump is 💯 wrong.
In and of itself Trump's hair is criminal.
Now, while we are here. Some states have a provision for write in's. While that is obviously going to eliminate candidates whose supporters are too mentally incompetent to write a name, still I think that this matters in this case. Remember, very few of trumps supporters are mentally competent in any reasonable manner. Remember that at least 4 of the justices on the supreme court are trump supporters/
Here is a thought for you guys though. Are you willing to accept a single persons view on the ballot? I use to live in the Midwest and from time to time they would have attorney generals and such who were clearly bat sh*t crazy. For instance like Sam Brownback who I would have to say had no business controlling anything. I would not want that crazy to be able to, without some form of secondary control, choose who would be on the ballot.
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If January 6 was not an insurrection then how was Trump going to justify using the Insurrection Act for much less violent protests? The MAGA position seems to be "If we do it, it's a protest. If you do it, it's an insurrection."
Everyone keeps making a huge point about Trump didn’t ENGAGE in an insurrection.
But surely he DID offer aid and comfort to the insurrectionists, right.
He declared his love for them and has repeatedly offered to pardon them if he gets back in the White House.
As Trump is an expert at spinning situations aimed at him, he's actually managed to spin the Justice Department to be on the defense ! So United States vs.Donald Trump is now Donald Trump vs.The United States if America ! The spin is now Trump against the United States of America ! Amazing ! No-one can stop this outward wannabe Authoritarian/Autocrat who's become a threat to National Security, the Democratic Rule of Law, Democracy & the very fabric of our Republic ! He truly is unstoppable in his public dangerous lying threatening rhetoric is maybe because 'All fear the Relentless Wrath of the Rich Bully/Intimidator Donald' which is well documented for decades to the present ? ENOUGH !
It is not just "engaging in insurrection", it also says "aiding and abetting insurrection". The Capitol attackers were most definitely armed in various ways. And if we are going to insist weapons must be involved, it is saying the paper fake elector coup is excluded.
The Cambridge Dictionary defines insurrection as: "an organized attempt by a group of people to defeat their government and take control of their country, usually by violence", clarifying that as an "armed insurrection".
Other sources call it a "revolt" or "rebellion". Any organized rejection of government rule is an insurrection and trump was the insurrectionist in chief. We all saw it live on tv and most of us are not delusional. The most likely outcome will be it is a "state" issue, as the Constitution clearly says.
Mr. Litman, thank you for sharing you r expertise and opinions! I think I have learned a lot.
A topic thatI have not heard you cover, or others cover, is the federal/constitutional role of the political parties vis-a-vis the states. I don't understand why it is necessary to have the same slate of candidates on the ballot in every state. Obviously, we have, generally, a two party contest as a matter of the amount of support for different candidates. But should that be correct? Couldn't there be a Green Party or a Workers' Rights Political Party or a Communist Political Party or some other collection of political minds in one or more states. If so, and if poorly supported, presumably (at least so far as we have seen), they might exist in a limited number of states but still have a right to forward candidates for Federal office? Is it possible for the final Democratic candidate for President to not appear on the ballot for a particular state due to not receiving enough support in that State; then another non-Republican Party candidate could receive the needed votes to require the selection of Electors. Or alternatively, suppose only one candidate is on the ballot in a particular state due to the sudden unavailability or ineligibility of the other Party's candidate for President; wouldn't all of that state's Electors go the (winning) but sole candidate?
I apologize for my ignorance and I hope you might address this.
Harry, how did attorneys remember thousands of Case Law cases, for precedent, before personal computers?
What about state rights?
Isn’t it a little like saying all military officers count but not Generals . .They can go rogue and it all ok . . Really ?
if what Trump did wasn’t an insurrection what was it ? why would a group of people who went to war (,Revolution ) in order to be free of kings and dictators and who went to all the trouble to write a constitution and then amend
it to make it clear that officers of the government can not engage in an insurrection . Isn’t the president the supreme commander ( officer )
Trump doesn't belong on any ballot. It blows my mind that so many are demanding him be president again.
No Harry , no unchartered waters. Read the constitution!!! It is clear to me but not to you so it seems.
Trump is paying for crapy lawyer?😮
💙TalkingFeds#1💙Thanks Harry!
Read an article yesterday that referenced the Postal Act of (I believe 1789) where the law specifically referred to the President in its list of officers. That ought to even satisfy Thomas.
The fascists are DESPERATE!
8 years of Trump Derangement Syndrome and they still can't get anything on him!
Only the unprepared and the guilty want to postpone the inevitable.
So, a first term president lost the second term election by 7 million votes, and then he tried by conspiracy to overturn the results of the election by violence and intimidation. Shouldn't he be in pretrial detention. Lordy
Given that no-one has been found guilty of insurrection or rebellion or even face such charges, can Trump win a claim that he had nothing to do with an insurrection or rebellion? I do not want it to!
People that know history understand MAGA is a flash in the pan movement that was doomed from the beginning.
Why isn't Clarence Thomas forced to recuse himself????
Pull a trump and say to the judges to slow it down. Man you have to study all the case laws and wait for the weather to warm up a bit.
I love the way Harry breaks this stuff down.
I cant believe that your opinion is that the Supreme court would override the removal instead of following the constitution.
Shame the courts have to decide because American Supreme judges are been shown as not very Principled
Right… And after Trump loses again, he’ll honorably concede and not cause any trouble like last time, right? Sure sure, nothing to worry about. Just let it play out.😊
The argument of president not being an officer and not being covered by 14.3 is BS…when the amendment was drafted would they have left a door open for Jefferson Davis to be able to be elected US President? That fact on its own should be considered prima-facie evidence to toss tRumps argument out. You're a all wet on this take Harry.
Why is nobody bringing up the fact that the southern states all kicked Lincoln off the ballot in 1860? It was the fact he was able to sweep the northern and still win the presidency after they tried to rig the election against him that told the south the Missouri compromise was an illusion.
Forget the constitution and lets go communist seriously. This man needs to be in prison. Send him now.
FEELING PARTICULARLY IGNORANT TODAY?
Somehow 1/3 of America's voters apparently still worship complete nonsense.
Come on Folks, nobody's that dumb.
This is a blatant rip-off of the YouTube algorithm.
This would make excellent testimony at a certain Georgia Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization trial; completely assuring that everyone would go to prison
Anyone considering still voting republican, let them know that they violated your trust and sold their credibility to the tRumpster.
Then ask yourself if you would want to do business with a political party like that;
A once relevant legacy, who now has turned into a climate deniers and fossil fuel promoters.
DON'T BE A TOOL !
THE CIVIL WAR IS OVER!
You lost.
No amount of threats, and Petty Posturing is going to turn this lost cause into a successful violation of the American Constitution.
If you are 24 years old you cannot be in the House of Representatives, if you're 29 years old you cannot be a US senator, and if you're an insurrectionist you cannot be elected dog catcher or any other elected office in this country.
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