The Oregon Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a bid to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban,” saying it’s waiting for the US Supreme Court to rule on the issue.
He has already been found to be an insurrectionist in several courts now, that part is not up for debate, he is. If the Supreme Court rule that even if he is an insurrectionist it’s ok then they are saying the president is above the law, essentially the argument Trump’s lawyer was trying to make in his DC case. This would also mean we have just made Biden a dictator as he would no longer need to hold an election or step down. It would be King Biden until he hands the power over to someone else.
Found to be an insurrectionist, but not convicted of insurrection and that’s the rub, I don’t think the Supremes are going to be willing to put their thumb on the scale in a criminal case that hasn’t even gone to trial yet.
He has already been found to be an insurrectionist in several courts now, that part is not up for debate, he is. If the Supreme Court rule that even if he is an insurrectionist it’s ok then they are saying the president is above the law, essentially the argument Trump’s lawyer was trying to make in his DC case. This would also mean we have just made Biden a dictator as he would no longer need to hold an election or step down. It would be King Biden until he hands the power over to someone else.
Found to be an insurrectionist, but not convicted of insurrection and that’s the rub, I don’t think the Supremes are going to be willing to put their thumb on the scale in a criminal case that hasn’t even gone to trial yet.