It’s funny that the Democrats think that this is the best way to defeat Trump. All it does is make him more popular. On Twitter, the Left is cheering, as though this wasn’t an assault on our Democracy. Oh, history will not be kind.
From the Daily Caller:
Former President Donald Trump has been disqualified from the Colorado ballot for the 2024 election over the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist” ban.
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision Trump violated the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” and is ineligible to be on the ballot in the state. The ruling is on hold pending an appeal to the Supreme Court until Jan. 4, CNN reported. The issue must be settled by Jan. 5, which is when the statutory deadline is to set the list of candidates for the Republican primary, according to CNN.
The state’s supreme court ruling found Colorado courts do not need an act of Congress to remove Trump from the ballot and the Jan. 6 riot amounted to an insurrection that Trump allegedly “engaged” in.
Chief Justice Brian Boatright, who dissented, argued Colorado’s election law “was not enacted to decide whether a candidate engaged in insurrection,” according to CNN.
“In the absence of an insurrection-related conviction, I would hold that a request to disqualify a candidate under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment is not a proper cause of action under Colorado’s election code.”
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung slammed the ruling as “un-American.”
“Democrat Party leaders are in a state of paranoia over the growing, dominant lead President Trump has amassed in the polls. They have lost faith in the failed Biden presidency and are now doing everything they can to stop the American voters from throwing them out of office next November,” Cheung said.
“The Colorado Supreme Court issued a completely flawed decision tonight and we will swiftly file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court and a concurrent request for a stay of this deeply undemocratic decision. We have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and finally put an end to these unAmerican lawsuits.”
So the way to protect democracy is to prevent half the population voting for its presumptive nominee? I’m willing to bet this backfires in a spectacular manner.
You see it’s only “democracy” when they are in charge. All this constant carping about “our democracy” is a disingenuous head fake; The Founders hated democracy because it is nothing more than mob rule that always ends up in dictatorship, but of course that is what the Dems/Left seek: a system where they are permanently in power.
I quit Colorado in 2014 and escaped to Arizona. In retrospect, that hasn't always proved to be a wise decision, except when incredibly stupid decisions like this are released.
I live in western Colorado, near Aspen. The three local newspapers are Trump-haters and the public schools have "dumb-down" their students to the point they are incapable of critical thinking. Its like trying to reason with zombies or the walking dead.
My only hope for mankind is the Return of Jesus Christ as King of kings. I have no faith in any governmental leaders, (or a civil war), to alleviate the problems of man's present condition.
I see a lot of comments about schools dumbing down students. Schools will get away with a tremendous amount as long as they have disinterested / uninterested parents, involved.
I’ve lost count of the comments I’ve seen like yours that always blame the schools and yet mysteriously, mysteriously, they always let the parent slide. We raised 4 boys. My wife and I did, and the both of us raise them just like I, I was raised.
Which included whooping’s, chores before school 🏫, and, after school 🏫… no some folks will say well you had boys. I can assure you of this. If we would’ve had girls, we would have raised them just like my wife was raised. Period. Make zero mistake about that.
One of the biggest mistakes parents have made that we would never do, and we never did do, and that is this…. Make my kid or kids , Our best friends. We not only didn’t do this. We also told our boys that you are not our best friend, got it. We, Meaning me and your mother are each other‘s best friend. Period. Got it sport!
And, more than one time we would have all 4 boys come before us to make sure they all heard it at the same time. “ Not one of you is our best friend. We are each other’s best friend you see standing before you. Make sure you take this back to school with you.
By all means we want you to as a matter of fact, before each of you go to school tomorrow, your mother just whispered to me she’s going to write something out for you to take in tomorrow and show to each one of your teachers.
About how we are each other’s best friend and you boys are not you are our sons, which put you at a level below us. “As your grandfather used to say to me and my brothers, “ where are the parents, you are the kids.
Got it boys?? Nuff said. Got it?
(All 5 of us nodded vigorously, as we said, yep we got daddy!! Yep we got it. Oh we got it!” And we did. And, so did our boys.)
I will say this in closing. If you ever want to develop responsibility in a kid, buy him a Shetland pony to start with. But before you do, make damn good and sure that you tell him he hast to feed it himself. If, If you have to feed it just one time? You will sell it.
He has to clean out his stall every day at the end of the day and put down fresh straw for him to A. Take dumps in 💩. B. Take naps / sleep 💤 in. This is why you have to have a horse stall large enough for a Shetland pony to dump in and also he will find that other corner to lay down in. Shetland ponies and full grown. Horses are a lot smarter than people think. I have actually had first time owners ask me this kind of a question….
And no matter how much he cries and pitches conniption fits, you have to stick to your guns. SELL, IT!! Nothing worse than a weak-ass parent. Sit on your accomplishments for about a week to 10 days.
There’s nothing stopping you from going and buying another one and surprising him with it. Don’t take him or her, to pick out the next one. And when you bring him home, repeat what you said to him before and I guarantee you before you even get through saying it, he will be letting you know that that ain’t about that ever ever ever ever ever happen again!!!
Guess what? It won’t. Trust me on this. It will not, Happen. As a matter of fact, even if he is sick, he will be more afraid of you selling that pony then telling you, Or his mama that he’s so sick he can’t go out and do what he does but he’s afraid daddy will sell him.
Which we would not dare do when a child is sick but that’s just how much responsibility he is now showing. He wants to go but he can’t. And that’s when it’s time to pour on the loving and the mothering.
( Btw, my wife has always said she had rather, much rather have had all boys, then all girls.)
Or, even one or 2 girls. she didn’t want girls!!!! she always told me that girls are much harder to raise than boys are. Furthermore, girls will always run to daddy anytime, Mama wants to discipline them. Or ground them.
But even the girls, if we would’ve had them, she would have raised them, just like she was raised. Both of us grew up here in NW Montana, on sizable farms. Outside of Troy. Today we live over in the YAAK VALLEY. Which the little town of yak has two stores. And it’s 5 miles from the border. The Canadian border we live 2 miles from the Canadian Border.
And it’s easy to find out if you were such a parent. All you have to do is check your memory. If you’ve ever gone back and changed your mind because the crying and all of that got to you. Never did me. Nor did it the wife. She would laugh at the one Crying 😭 😆 I do mean laugh. And you have never seen a kid stop so fast from crying and go to pouting.
Then start saying things like this. “You (sniffles) “you you don wuve mama you don’t!!”
And take my word for this, mothers know well. Scratch that. I take that back. Not all mothers know when to do this. Darinda knew juuuuuuust when to pick-em up as she was talking to him right before, before she picked him up.
And was using soft but very very stern language. And language that she would always get him to agree with saying one word only. Yes or, yea. Or the old tried and true, Uh huh
lol and from then, on which ever one was a little at a time she always knew right when to pick them up and get them to agree with everything she was saying, including when she said,
“and you know there’s times when you act up and out of control, you know that I have to spank that little bottom, don’t you?” Uh huh or a yea or yes would come out lol
He has to clean out his stall every day at the end of the day and put down fresh straw for him to A. Take dumps in 💩. B. Take naps / sleep 💤 in. This is why you have to have a horse stall large enough for a Shetland pony to dump in and also he will find that other corner to lay down in. That’s why I am a strong advocate for simply going ahead and building a “horse size stall.”
Shetland ponies and full grown. Horses are a lot smarter than people think. I have actually had first time owners ask me this kind of a question….
“Won’t he get it all over him if he lays down in it for naptime?” Meaning his turds 💩 Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. I said to myself at the time this question was posed to me.
My only hope for mankind is the Return of Jesus Christ as King of kings. I have no faith in any governmental leaders, (or a civil war), to alleviate the problems of man's present condition.
I thought I'd replied to YOU, Carl, agreeing - but it went into the main section. YES - We MUST repent and turn back to God and His Truth... but if it is too late for His mercy, I still intend to fight for the America of our courageous Founding Fathers...
It is my humble opinion our Constitutional Republic permanently fell during the 2016 presidential election; on July 5 when FBI Director James Comey “exonerated” Hillary Clinton for the illegal server and the thousands of her classified emails. At that point in American history, the “rule of law” in the USA began its demise and because the constitutional provisions for remedy to the ensuing felonious acts and omissions (think FISA Court) of James Comey, (et al) were never pursued; I posit our Constitutional Republic has fallen and is irreparable…... and the 2022 FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago along with the four unconstitutional indictments of Donald J. Trump is my proof - We the People now live in a banana republic.
The Colorado Supreme Court decision is another example of our life or death struggle of facts vs fraud. It is an all out battle between those who are complete storytelling frauds trying to control the world vs. those who seek actual facts, data, science and reason. Why would any sane person believe anything coming from any government, MSM, institution or institutional figure, when they have been shown time and again to be malevolent frauds who have been wrong - either intentionally or ignorantly or both - about absolutely everything they have purported to be true?
My only hope for mankind is the Return of Jesus Christ as King of kings. This quotation from Revelation 18 is profound and enormously timely when you consider the warning to: “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.” “And strong is the Lord who judges her.”
Yes Jesus is for real. But no he is not going to solve these problems. We are experiencing right now in life pertaining to President Trump and this fiasco in Colorado nor is he going to let anybody know who will win the next World Series.
Or the next or the next one or, the next one. Now I could ask you this question and I’m sure you may think 🤔 to yourself, something like,
well if I could have a conversation with Jesus and I could ask him 3 questions. I seriously doubt you would ask him who’s going to win the next World Series!! lol 😆 because you would be simply too enthralled by what you was experiencing. lol.
I disagree. Trump may not be a real mature Christian, but I think that he is sincere in what Christianity he has which is more than I can say for some politicians.
What’s a Christian to you? Be careful. “ he chooses the foolish to confuse the wise.”
1 Corinthians 1:27-31 NIV
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.
Now, let’s see what PAUL had to say. The apostle Paul.
What does it mean that God chooses the foolish things to confound the wise?
“Now Paul confirms that God does indeed choose foolish and weak people, as defined by human terms, to come to Him through faith in Christ. Why does God do this? He wants to shame those who consider themselves too wise or strong to believe such a thing.”
I think he is saying that if you are just vacationing, you are supporting the segment of the population that voted for the politicians that appointed the leftist Colorado Supreme Court Judges.
The more the left gets poked and antagonized, the more they show their true motivations. Which reveals just how desperate they are to hold power and the depth of depravity they are willing to pursue to keep it.
Let them do their worst so that all will be there for everyone to see.
I hope you're right. This is a STILL A 50-50 country I and hope that enough people in the middle wake up and see that the Democrats are absolutely crazy right now.
I live in a blue county in a purple state. What I see here is while woke urbanites are doubling down, Trump is gaining among the Hispanic and Native voters. Probably why the parasite class is so terrified.
They have swallowed too many blue pills and are now overdosing. Whether you like Trump or not, the idea that you can be removed from the ballot for a crime you were neither indicted nor convicted for should be chilling to all clear thinking Americans.
Depraved or brainwashed? Maybe Dems tend to have a personality type that is susceptible to brainwashing. In other words, they’re easily persuadable, and not too bright. Also, Dem voters might be watching a lot of TV. And get their news from leftist news sources —fake news.
D’s are overly susceptible to supporting causes based on ‘emotion’. My left leaning wife made mention the other day of the utter stupidity of ‘defunding the police’ while we were driving and a cop w/ lights flashed by. She said that ‘too much emotion’ caused people to wrongly get behind that insane position. I grinned but otherwise kept quiet.
At this late stage of our Republic it’s a vote of 2 lesser evil's. I largely view the major members of each party the same, as do many others, hence the moniker ‘Uniparty’ They may say different things to the camera and to even each other in the cloakroom, but when it comes down to vote, they are too often in lockstep. And that vote isn’t for the common man/women. There are few federal R politicians I trust. There are even fewer D’s.
Terra incognita. We're living the curse, "may you live in interesting times." I'm simply blown away at how far the TDS mind virus has spread, and the damage it is doing.
I have some experience with the Colorado judiciary, having spent 35 years in law enforcement in what became East California over the years.
They do not believe that there are constraints on judicial "adventurism." Consequently, they will occasionally come up with a Venezuela-style "decision" that defies logic and inevitably gets overturned, because even in Third-World hellholes, decisions need to at least make a little connection to reality. No doubt one would find a few ashtrays filled with the stubs of a few joints around the conference table at the state Supreme Court in Denver. The Boatright Court does its best work when they can't see through the cloud of smoke.
Old School, too bad James Michener isn’t still alive to write an epilogue to his great book ‘Centennial’ which was my fond look upon the great State of Colorado and the men & women of past that made it so great
I used to live in Colorado and, wow, has it gone downhill. The leftists live in delusion and lies, not able to or willing to recognize reality and truth. This will return to bite them. The majority of Americans are awake and don't buy into the insanity chosen by a very loud/proud part of our society. This insanity cannot recognize truth or beauty which go hand in hand. Pray for them to come to their senses as it is a miserable existence, and we all know life is short, a vapor really, and eternity is forever.
My only hope for mankind is the Return of Jesus Christ as King of kings. I have no faith in any governmental leaders, (or a civil war), to alleviate the problems of man's present condition.
Well, we did have a good economy (until the plandemic & the response to it), blacks and legal Hispanics did well in the economy, the world was at relative peace, Russia, China, & N. Korea were behaving, our southern border & the Ukraine borders were intact, we didn’t have massive inflation, sexual confusion of kids was limited to a few children’s hospitals and the Pennsylvania Department of Health. And the Europeans were paying their NATO dues.
What was not to like in the above list off the top of my head.
Oh, and the deranged leftist talking heads were exploding on a regular basis.
Did your team not make the playoffs? Don’t you like the color orange? Is the NYT the only paper you read, MSNBC the only TV news you watch, & NPR the only thing you listen to?
For me it is results that matter & a few mean retaliatory tweets are a small price to pay for all the above & I don’t for a second think that the 2020 election was clean; it was absolutely rigged. Hiding Hunter’s laptop changed enough votes to tip the election, but there was so much more.
Documentation please. IIRC it has been documented that his net worth actually decreased while he was in office. It is amazing some of the things you will say without any evidence.
MLB, the federal debt has been increasing every year for WAY longer than 10 years. In fact, it’s been increasing every year since 1958, or for the past 65 years:
Thia is Comstitutionally, an appalling decision. There are 2 ways to disqualify under the 14th Amendment: (1) An act of Congress and (2) A unappeable criminal conviction for insurrection or sedition. There has been no act of Congress and no such criminal conviction.
14th amendment needs to be seriously looked at. From my understanding it is the only amendment not passed according to the requirements set forth in the constitution. It was written by the winners of Civil War, and the losers had to sign it to get back into the government.
Anti-liberty authoritarians of the fascist far left have always been the party of projection, so when they accuse others of wanting to destroy democracy, it is they WHO ARE DESTROYING DEMOCRACY.
Gradually, but surely, the general populace is waking up to the nonsense and corruption. It's frustrating how slowly it's happening but it's happening. So, remain positive and watch for the positive signs. This article illuminates a positive sign masquerading as a negative sign.
You nailed it. The constant harangue that Trump is a “fascist” is a laughable form of projection; which party utilizes the system of the govt & law enforcement to target its political enemies? Which party has a near-complete control of the media? Which party demonizes its political opposition as “white supremacists”? Which party seeks to eradicate the Electoral College? Which party uses violence against its political enemies? Which party engages in widespread voter fraud? Which party seeks to empower the state at the expense of individual liberties? Which party engages in race-baiting, promotes racial division, & incites racial hatred? Which party promotes the collective instead of the individual? Which party promotes sexual deviancy rather than the nuclear family?
Ben, the Democratic Party has left traditional D’s in the same way Republicans have abandoned traditional R’s. And both of these ‘traditionalist's’ I speak of are working men & women of our Nation. These day, Reps from the Uniparty can make more $$ for re-election at a 2-hour Military Industrial Complex/Big Pharma fundraising cocktail hour than they can for 2,000 hours on phone, soliciting donations from their constituents. Guess whose interest they protect & promote?
this is what a real insurrection looks like folks. the Elites denying the people the right to vote they are terrified of us. The Democrats started the last civil war and they are bound and determined to do it again.
It’s in keeping with what’s going on in New York’s Engoron court where he’s trying to strip him of his business license and force him to sell all his businesses!
If you can't beat him, cheat. When it looks like that won't be enough, use lawfare to take him off the ballot.
For all the left's (and "Never Trump", but I repeat myself) talk about how Trump is unelectable, they sure will move heaven and earth to keep him off the ballot. They obviously fear him. Good. Government *should* have a healthy fear of the people, and Trump is loved by the people. Such healthy fear leads to respect, which is one thing our elite overlords have absolutely zero of when it comes to the people who ostensibly employ them.
No surprise from Colorado. I lived there from 1976 to 2015 and saw first hand the complete decline into a leftist hellhole. Thanks California! I live in Indiana now. Can't say it's great here but at least it's not insane. (And I have a great job, which is such a blessing.)
Sasha, the next time you drive through Indy, let me know. Lunch is on me!
Doesn’t this ruling apply to the primary ballot, not the general election ballot? Regardless, even Colorado’s Chief Justice as well as two others dissented. It won’t be legally settled until January 4th and is subject to appeal or stay. Yay Sasha for getting this out so quickly.
So here we go with disqualifying candidates by invoking some version of Moral Turpitude. (That is how democracy was ended in Iran.) Note that the Constitution applies the same standard to supporters of "insurrection". How very convenient. If the arguments of the Colorado Supremes are accepted, the Demos can literally ban almost any Repo from running. They can't get that far for 2024. But if in 2024 they win the House, the Senate, and the White House, allowing them to pack the Supreme Court, they can, and will. Getting rid of elections is a stretch. Getting rid of candidates is not.
It would be remiss not to note that "insurrection" is (or at least about 150 years ago was) a synonym for "rebellion". That is why it was applied to the Civil War, which was also called "the War of the Rebellion". (That is what it was called in the official records.) What happened on Jan 6. was not "insurrection". And no, the phrase "insurrection or rebellion" does not imply a difference of meaning, any more than does "without let or hindrance". Stringing together synonyms, just to cover all bases, is common in legal language.
There is no unarmed insurrection! When has there ever been an unarmed insurrection? it also defies the definition. They should just stop using that word for January 6 event. It was a riot or a mostly peaceful protest.
I get really angry and frustrated when people keep referring to it as an insurrection. It absolutely was not. It was a protest that turned violent. Big difference.
Sasha, I just wrote a longer version on the last Tucker comments.
Wouldn’t it be a great column for you to write a daily summary of politics and links?
It would be kinda like Awards Daily but for Trump, Biden and whoever summarizing X, formerly Twitter, and news for those with less time. You know the business model and daily publication details.
Anyone who wants Sasha to write this, please like this post.
So now the Anti-liberty authoritarians of the far left have confirmed they’ve gone full fascist:
DEMOCRACY IS DEAD, MUSSOLINI ASSERTS; He Hails the Rise of the Fascist State in Proclamation on New Labor System. SEES EQUALITY FOR ALL He Declares the Adoption the Most Glorious Feat in the Fascist Revolution.
Amr, it is sad that too many of the English ancestral peoples of Australia have forgotten their own history of how they arrived there. Many cast off’s to your great land were those working hands in England with the gall to stand up against aristocracy’s unjust laws. Not unlike the USA.
Here’s some English unjust laws that contributed to population growth of Australia, and because these laws often were directed at tradesmen, Aussies got some good immigrants:
Both sides are like that now, though. The other day, some person on here asked, rhetorically, 'when did the left ever care about comedy'? and I thought: this person does not know who George Carlin is...
The globalists celebrating this victory tonight are not thinking this through... as usual.
If this is allowed to stand - a big IF, to be certain - it then sets an inalterable precedent in support of tenth amendment rights. After all, if a state can do something like this (because let's be honest, it doesn't get much bigger than kicking a national figure off your presidential ballot), then what other independent actions are available to those states?
Suddenly, nullification of over-reaching gun laws, excessive taxation, vile censorship demands, and draconian 'climate change' / 'vaccine' mandates suddenly seems well within our grasp. Precedent is a powerful weapon, and if wielded sharply it can redefine an entire landscape. No matter how this plays out we can actually WIN in this scenario, so be a good cheer folks.
Nope, they are not thinking this through... at all.
The actual ruling is that Trump is far more popular than Biden and that votes will be counted honestly, so the only way to protect our Democracy is to prevent citizens from voting for their preferred candidate.
The US Supreme Court should show them how real judges interpret the law.
This weakens our entire society, on every level. And it's ALWAYS from those who say they 'love' Democracy, abhor Fascism, et al. The Democratic Party is pure and utter trash. We MUST take it back.
They will do so, buy only because of Trump's appointees to the SCOTUS. How much longer will that persist now that Dems hold permanent power thru election stealing? The end of this country (and subsequent balkanization of us regions) draws near. The only question is what will be today's version of Ft. Sumpter?
What's happened here is the Colorado State Supreme Court has applied a criminal conviction and penalty to a defendant who has never been charged - who has never stood trial - for a crime the Colorado State Supreme Court has no jurisdiction over. This is utter tyranny and it will lead to violence that is going to be very hard to control.
Sasha, a good follow up to this would be an explainer on what interest group brought this forth in Colorado, and who funds them. That may be well known to Colorado residents, but most of us don’t live there
Colorado SUCKS under Democrat control. It has become a place not worth living in unless you love Deep State control of your life. I live in CO. We know the elections are rigged bc of the Mesa County reports that looked at the data in the voting machines that showed the voting machines have multiple wifi connectors, are totally unsecured and have manipulated past elections (2020 and 2021). This decision just confirms I don't live in a safe place ruled by the Constitution but in a place ruled by power hungry Marxist ideologues who hate America.
Great column, Sasha. This isn't a slippery slope for the Democrats, it's hurtling towards the edge of a steep precipice. What are they going to do when Georgia or North Carolina ban Biden from the ballot for some reason without a conviction? Furthermore, nothing says fascism more than preventing people from voting for who they want.
For those of you unfamiliar with ‘MLB Fan,’ it’s tactic is to deflect ANY and all comments towards actions of the pro-freedom right and away from the authoritarian left to sow chaos and confusion.
MLB, there is an attempt to ban a candidate from running for office for frivolous reasons. My Left leaning wife even saw the error in preventing voice to voters who support Trump. It’s okay to agree with that. I can unequivocally state that if R’s were trying to do this to a D, I would also state how wrong it is. Do you BTW recall what D’s did to Bernie in ‘16? That was some strange and wrongful behavior. D’s said it’s their right as a private entity (Dem Party). Now they are overstepping. You know it but can’t help yourself. What a small person you show us to be. Are you even an American citizen?
At what point is enough, enough? I'm guessing a big electoral defeat may be enough to do it, but if not, where does this end? If Trump wins big in 2024, do they back off and try to be civil? I doubt it. Kind of like impeaching Trump for a phone call about a corrupt administration that hurt the feelings of the diplomatic community. They are pushing things so far beyond norms, that it's hard to see a return to normalcy.
They have indicted Trump on nearly 100 charges. In GA, there are defendants pleaing to probation and a clean record on charges that they faced decades in prison for. In NY, there's a totally phony "fraud" trial that doesn't allege anyone was defrauded. The FBI raided his home in search of documents that i'm sure were no worse than Joe stored in his Corvette.
The Democrats have become completely unhinged. If this decision is allowed to stand, and the ones in the other states go forward as well, we will sink into civil war. I've always thought that people who say that are exaggerating but I'm beginning to believe it now. This country is a powder keg and the Democrats want it this way.
Dems constantly carp about "disenfranchising" this group or that. AS they do EXACTLY that to the millions of Colorado residents who voted for Trump. Its gross and disgusting
Apparently the Colorado Court found that when Trump said, “fight like hell” that was not protected speech. So “fight like hell” gets him thrown off the ballot?
Colorado is a disaster and it’s getting worse. I’ve lived here my whole life. Born and raised in the north metro. My parents loved here from Iowa in 1978 because it was pretty much the perfect place to be. The Spirit of the West is dying here.
Here in Oregon we have a riff in this, which is a symptom of urban/rural divide. Oregon legislative body is majority D. When in session they can pass what they want in the climate change and culture war front. Some elected Republicans Senate members here have opted to not attend session, prevent a quorum, and therefore no legislation can advance. D’s then passed a law in 2022 (Measure 113 which amended State constitution) stating if elected official doesn’t attend X # of days of session, they are banned from running in next election. This is now playing out, where R’s who prevented quorum want to run again, and are suing to do so. The entire Establishment here is D or leaning D, including the Oregon high court. The voters here in PDX metro area and down to Salem, majority Blue. The case is now in front of Oregon Supreme Court, oral arguments last week:
So the way to protect democracy is to prevent half the population voting for its presumptive nominee? I’m willing to bet this backfires in a spectacular manner.
"Democracy" is just code for one party rule...by democrats.
They have to “Protect” democracy by destroying democracy, it makes perfect nonsense.
You see it’s only “democracy” when they are in charge. All this constant carping about “our democracy” is a disingenuous head fake; The Founders hated democracy because it is nothing more than mob rule that always ends up in dictatorship, but of course that is what the Dems/Left seek: a system where they are permanently in power.
Correct, the word doesn’t even show up in the Constitution – you can confirm that for yourself.
Can you say “Trusted News Initiative” - easy to spot when all the media parrots use the same phrase.
Back to the future, to Viet Nam and saving villages by destroying them; history doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes.
Sasha: ”All it does is make him more popular.”
Yep. How do they NEVER get that?
I live in Colorado. It is a beautiful State with a ruinous State government.
I quit Colorado in 2014 and escaped to Arizona. In retrospect, that hasn't always proved to be a wise decision, except when incredibly stupid decisions like this are released.
I live in western Colorado, near Aspen. The three local newspapers are Trump-haters and the public schools have "dumb-down" their students to the point they are incapable of critical thinking. Its like trying to reason with zombies or the walking dead.
My only hope for mankind is the Return of Jesus Christ as King of kings. I have no faith in any governmental leaders, (or a civil war), to alleviate the problems of man's present condition.
I see a lot of comments about schools dumbing down students. Schools will get away with a tremendous amount as long as they have disinterested / uninterested parents, involved.
I’ve lost count of the comments I’ve seen like yours that always blame the schools and yet mysteriously, mysteriously, they always let the parent slide. We raised 4 boys. My wife and I did, and the both of us raise them just like I, I was raised.
Which included whooping’s, chores before school 🏫, and, after school 🏫… no some folks will say well you had boys. I can assure you of this. If we would’ve had girls, we would have raised them just like my wife was raised. Period. Make zero mistake about that.
One of the biggest mistakes parents have made that we would never do, and we never did do, and that is this…. Make my kid or kids , Our best friends. We not only didn’t do this. We also told our boys that you are not our best friend, got it. We, Meaning me and your mother are each other‘s best friend. Period. Got it sport!
And, more than one time we would have all 4 boys come before us to make sure they all heard it at the same time. “ Not one of you is our best friend. We are each other’s best friend you see standing before you. Make sure you take this back to school with you.
By all means we want you to as a matter of fact, before each of you go to school tomorrow, your mother just whispered to me she’s going to write something out for you to take in tomorrow and show to each one of your teachers.
About how we are each other’s best friend and you boys are not you are our sons, which put you at a level below us. “As your grandfather used to say to me and my brothers, “ where are the parents, you are the kids.
Got it boys?? Nuff said. Got it?
(All 5 of us nodded vigorously, as we said, yep we got daddy!! Yep we got it. Oh we got it!” And we did. And, so did our boys.)
I will say this in closing. If you ever want to develop responsibility in a kid, buy him a Shetland pony to start with. But before you do, make damn good and sure that you tell him he hast to feed it himself. If, If you have to feed it just one time? You will sell it.
He has to clean out his stall every day at the end of the day and put down fresh straw for him to A. Take dumps in 💩. B. Take naps / sleep 💤 in. This is why you have to have a horse stall large enough for a Shetland pony to dump in and also he will find that other corner to lay down in. Shetland ponies and full grown. Horses are a lot smarter than people think. I have actually had first time owners ask me this kind of a question….
And no matter how much he cries and pitches conniption fits, you have to stick to your guns. SELL, IT!! Nothing worse than a weak-ass parent. Sit on your accomplishments for about a week to 10 days.
There’s nothing stopping you from going and buying another one and surprising him with it. Don’t take him or her, to pick out the next one. And when you bring him home, repeat what you said to him before and I guarantee you before you even get through saying it, he will be letting you know that that ain’t about that ever ever ever ever ever happen again!!!
Guess what? It won’t. Trust me on this. It will not, Happen. As a matter of fact, even if he is sick, he will be more afraid of you selling that pony then telling you, Or his mama that he’s so sick he can’t go out and do what he does but he’s afraid daddy will sell him.
Which we would not dare do when a child is sick but that’s just how much responsibility he is now showing. He wants to go but he can’t. And that’s when it’s time to pour on the loving and the mothering.
( Btw, my wife has always said she had rather, much rather have had all boys, then all girls.)
Or, even one or 2 girls. she didn’t want girls!!!! she always told me that girls are much harder to raise than boys are. Furthermore, girls will always run to daddy anytime, Mama wants to discipline them. Or ground them.
But even the girls, if we would’ve had them, she would have raised them, just like she was raised. Both of us grew up here in NW Montana, on sizable farms. Outside of Troy. Today we live over in the YAAK VALLEY. Which the little town of yak has two stores. And it’s 5 miles from the border. The Canadian border we live 2 miles from the Canadian Border.
And it’s easy to find out if you were such a parent. All you have to do is check your memory. If you’ve ever gone back and changed your mind because the crying and all of that got to you. Never did me. Nor did it the wife. She would laugh at the one Crying 😭 😆 I do mean laugh. And you have never seen a kid stop so fast from crying and go to pouting.
Then start saying things like this. “You (sniffles) “you you don wuve mama you don’t!!”
And take my word for this, mothers know well. Scratch that. I take that back. Not all mothers know when to do this. Darinda knew juuuuuuust when to pick-em up as she was talking to him right before, before she picked him up.
And was using soft but very very stern language. And language that she would always get him to agree with saying one word only. Yes or, yea. Or the old tried and true, Uh huh
lol and from then, on which ever one was a little at a time she always knew right when to pick them up and get them to agree with everything she was saying, including when she said,
“and you know there’s times when you act up and out of control, you know that I have to spank that little bottom, don’t you?” Uh huh or a yea or yes would come out lol
He has to clean out his stall every day at the end of the day and put down fresh straw for him to A. Take dumps in 💩. B. Take naps / sleep 💤 in. This is why you have to have a horse stall large enough for a Shetland pony to dump in and also he will find that other corner to lay down in. That’s why I am a strong advocate for simply going ahead and building a “horse size stall.”
Shetland ponies and full grown. Horses are a lot smarter than people think. I have actually had first time owners ask me this kind of a question….
“Won’t he get it all over him if he lays down in it for naptime?” Meaning his turds 💩 Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. I said to myself at the time this question was posed to me.
My only hope for mankind is the Return of Jesus Christ as King of kings. I have no faith in any governmental leaders, (or a civil war), to alleviate the problems of man's present condition.
I thought I'd replied to YOU, Carl, agreeing - but it went into the main section. YES - We MUST repent and turn back to God and His Truth... but if it is too late for His mercy, I still intend to fight for the America of our courageous Founding Fathers...
It is my humble opinion our Constitutional Republic permanently fell during the 2016 presidential election; on July 5 when FBI Director James Comey “exonerated” Hillary Clinton for the illegal server and the thousands of her classified emails. At that point in American history, the “rule of law” in the USA began its demise and because the constitutional provisions for remedy to the ensuing felonious acts and omissions (think FISA Court) of James Comey, (et al) were never pursued; I posit our Constitutional Republic has fallen and is irreparable…... and the 2022 FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago along with the four unconstitutional indictments of Donald J. Trump is my proof - We the People now live in a banana republic.
The Colorado Supreme Court decision is another example of our life or death struggle of facts vs fraud. It is an all out battle between those who are complete storytelling frauds trying to control the world vs. those who seek actual facts, data, science and reason. Why would any sane person believe anything coming from any government, MSM, institution or institutional figure, when they have been shown time and again to be malevolent frauds who have been wrong - either intentionally or ignorantly or both - about absolutely everything they have purported to be true?
My only hope for mankind is the Return of Jesus Christ as King of kings. This quotation from Revelation 18 is profound and enormously timely when you consider the warning to: “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.” “And strong is the Lord who judges her.”
Yes Jesus is for real. But no he is not going to solve these problems. We are experiencing right now in life pertaining to President Trump and this fiasco in Colorado nor is he going to let anybody know who will win the next World Series.
Or the next or the next one or, the next one. Now I could ask you this question and I’m sure you may think 🤔 to yourself, something like,
well if I could have a conversation with Jesus and I could ask him 3 questions. I seriously doubt you would ask him who’s going to win the next World Series!! lol 😆 because you would be simply too enthralled by what you was experiencing. lol.
no, Jesus won't solve it because he is make-believe.
I disagree. Trump may not be a real mature Christian, but I think that he is sincere in what Christianity he has which is more than I can say for some politicians.
Stick to baseball, Mr. Fan.
What’s a Christian to you? Be careful. “ he chooses the foolish to confuse the wise.”
1 Corinthians 1:27-31 NIV
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.
Now, let’s see what PAUL had to say. The apostle Paul.
What does it mean that God chooses the foolish things to confound the wise?
“Now Paul confirms that God does indeed choose foolish and weak people, as defined by human terms, to come to Him through faith in Christ. Why does God do this? He wants to shame those who consider themselves too wise or strong to believe such a thing.”
https://www.bibleref.com/1-Corinthians/1/1-Corinthians-1-27.html#:~:text=Now%20Paul%20confirms%20that%20God,to%20believe%20such%20a%20thing.
Neither was Jesus. Think about it.
Legal weed has consequences.
Just like California
It's a lovely place to vacation.
Please stay away and spend your vacation dollars in Wyoming or Montana!!
Ha. No. But thanks for the advice. You need more people like me in your state. And you're being this way? You deserve the government you have.
I think he is saying that if you are just vacationing, you are supporting the segment of the population that voted for the politicians that appointed the leftist Colorado Supreme Court Judges.
Me too. Sad to see what's become of my adopted state since '86...
Keep calm
And needle on
The more the left gets poked and antagonized, the more they show their true motivations. Which reveals just how desperate they are to hold power and the depth of depravity they are willing to pursue to keep it.
Let them do their worst so that all will be there for everyone to see.
I hope you're right. This is a STILL A 50-50 country I and hope that enough people in the middle wake up and see that the Democrats are absolutely crazy right now.
I live in a blue county in a purple state. What I see here is while woke urbanites are doubling down, Trump is gaining among the Hispanic and Native voters. Probably why the parasite class is so terrified.
They have swallowed too many blue pills and are now overdosing. Whether you like Trump or not, the idea that you can be removed from the ballot for a crime you were neither indicted nor convicted for should be chilling to all clear thinking Americans.
Depraved or brainwashed? Maybe Dems tend to have a personality type that is susceptible to brainwashing. In other words, they’re easily persuadable, and not too bright. Also, Dem voters might be watching a lot of TV. And get their news from leftist news sources —fake news.
D’s are overly susceptible to supporting causes based on ‘emotion’. My left leaning wife made mention the other day of the utter stupidity of ‘defunding the police’ while we were driving and a cop w/ lights flashed by. She said that ‘too much emotion’ caused people to wrongly get behind that insane position. I grinned but otherwise kept quiet.
At this late stage of our Republic it’s a vote of 2 lesser evil's. I largely view the major members of each party the same, as do many others, hence the moniker ‘Uniparty’ They may say different things to the camera and to even each other in the cloakroom, but when it comes down to vote, they are too often in lockstep. And that vote isn’t for the common man/women. There are few federal R politicians I trust. There are even fewer D’s.
Terra incognita. We're living the curse, "may you live in interesting times." I'm simply blown away at how far the TDS mind virus has spread, and the damage it is doing.
I have some experience with the Colorado judiciary, having spent 35 years in law enforcement in what became East California over the years.
They do not believe that there are constraints on judicial "adventurism." Consequently, they will occasionally come up with a Venezuela-style "decision" that defies logic and inevitably gets overturned, because even in Third-World hellholes, decisions need to at least make a little connection to reality. No doubt one would find a few ashtrays filled with the stubs of a few joints around the conference table at the state Supreme Court in Denver. The Boatright Court does its best work when they can't see through the cloud of smoke.
Merry Christmas.
Old School, too bad James Michener isn’t still alive to write an epilogue to his great book ‘Centennial’ which was my fond look upon the great State of Colorado and the men & women of past that made it so great
Yeah, Matt, good call. I read 'Centennial' on my first trip to CO in the late 70s and never forgot it. Bit CO is a way different place today.
I used to live in Colorado and, wow, has it gone downhill. The leftists live in delusion and lies, not able to or willing to recognize reality and truth. This will return to bite them. The majority of Americans are awake and don't buy into the insanity chosen by a very loud/proud part of our society. This insanity cannot recognize truth or beauty which go hand in hand. Pray for them to come to their senses as it is a miserable existence, and we all know life is short, a vapor really, and eternity is forever.
My only hope for mankind is the Return of Jesus Christ as King of kings. I have no faith in any governmental leaders, (or a civil war), to alleviate the problems of man's present condition.
Well, we did have a good economy (until the plandemic & the response to it), blacks and legal Hispanics did well in the economy, the world was at relative peace, Russia, China, & N. Korea were behaving, our southern border & the Ukraine borders were intact, we didn’t have massive inflation, sexual confusion of kids was limited to a few children’s hospitals and the Pennsylvania Department of Health. And the Europeans were paying their NATO dues.
What was not to like in the above list off the top of my head.
Oh, and the deranged leftist talking heads were exploding on a regular basis.
Did your team not make the playoffs? Don’t you like the color orange? Is the NYT the only paper you read, MSNBC the only TV news you watch, & NPR the only thing you listen to?
For me it is results that matter & a few mean retaliatory tweets are a small price to pay for all the above & I don’t for a second think that the 2020 election was clean; it was absolutely rigged. Hiding Hunter’s laptop changed enough votes to tip the election, but there was so much more.
Stop feeding that troll. Ignore him and is comments.
It’s going to be Trump or some treasonous Democrat, likely slow China Joe, Newsome or Big Mike. Any one of those 3 would be a disaster
I’ll take my chances on Trump. He’s a businessman and a savvy negotiator
I hope Trump selects Kristi Noem as his VP ticket
Can someone help me - who is Big Mike?
Michelle Obama
Source? I read he lost money.
Documentation please. IIRC it has been documented that his net worth actually decreased while he was in office. It is amazing some of the things you will say without any evidence.
MLB, the federal debt has been increasing every year for WAY longer than 10 years. In fact, it’s been increasing every year since 1958, or for the past 65 years:
https://www.investopedia.com/us-national-debt-by-year-7499291
Thia is Comstitutionally, an appalling decision. There are 2 ways to disqualify under the 14th Amendment: (1) An act of Congress and (2) A unappeable criminal conviction for insurrection or sedition. There has been no act of Congress and no such criminal conviction.
14th amendment needs to be seriously looked at. From my understanding it is the only amendment not passed according to the requirements set forth in the constitution. It was written by the winners of Civil War, and the losers had to sign it to get back into the government.
Anti-liberty authoritarians of the fascist far left have always been the party of projection, so when they accuse others of wanting to destroy democracy, it is they WHO ARE DESTROYING DEMOCRACY.
This action proves than.
Why does this surprise you?
The plan all along was to Save Muh Democracy either by imprisoning the opposition leader or keeping him off the ballot.
All while, claiming you’re saving democracy from a racist maniac. What a mess.
Gradually, but surely, the general populace is waking up to the nonsense and corruption. It's frustrating how slowly it's happening but it's happening. So, remain positive and watch for the positive signs. This article illuminates a positive sign masquerading as a negative sign.
I pray you're right. I'm already thinking about looking at a condo in a red state or abroad because I am QUITE anxious about what may happen
And all the Dems shouted “Sieg Heil.”
You nailed it. The constant harangue that Trump is a “fascist” is a laughable form of projection; which party utilizes the system of the govt & law enforcement to target its political enemies? Which party has a near-complete control of the media? Which party demonizes its political opposition as “white supremacists”? Which party seeks to eradicate the Electoral College? Which party uses violence against its political enemies? Which party engages in widespread voter fraud? Which party seeks to empower the state at the expense of individual liberties? Which party engages in race-baiting, promotes racial division, & incites racial hatred? Which party promotes the collective instead of the individual? Which party promotes sexual deviancy rather than the nuclear family?
The Dems got every box checked.
You forgot: what party is insane?
not all the dems.
Ben, the Democratic Party has left traditional D’s in the same way Republicans have abandoned traditional R’s. And both of these ‘traditionalist's’ I speak of are working men & women of our Nation. These day, Reps from the Uniparty can make more $$ for re-election at a 2-hour Military Industrial Complex/Big Pharma fundraising cocktail hour than they can for 2,000 hours on phone, soliciting donations from their constituents. Guess whose interest they protect & promote?
Thank God
Nope just 99%
ha. hope you use hand sanitizer when you pull stats out like that...
this is what a real insurrection looks like folks. the Elites denying the people the right to vote they are terrified of us. The Democrats started the last civil war and they are bound and determined to do it again.
Those people aren’t ‘Elite’ by any stretch of the imagination.
But giving a speech is a pretty low bar for an ‘insurrection’ – with this precedence, lawfare could be use to stop any candidate.
Welcome to the banana republic.
They are powerful. But not smarter or more competent or more moral. They only THINK they are.
Saving democracy one authoritarian step at a time. I’d laugh if I could stop crying
This is madness!
And, yes, I also suspect it self-defeating.
How arrogant do you have to be to make a ruling like this? Wow.
Dems are trying awfully hard to kick off that civil war...
This is an embarrassment to literacy and the law.
The opinion is for an offense neither charged or proven.
A huge escalation of the lawfare against Trump.
It’s in keeping with what’s going on in New York’s Engoron court where he’s trying to strip him of his business license and force him to sell all his businesses!
If you can't beat him, cheat. When it looks like that won't be enough, use lawfare to take him off the ballot.
For all the left's (and "Never Trump", but I repeat myself) talk about how Trump is unelectable, they sure will move heaven and earth to keep him off the ballot. They obviously fear him. Good. Government *should* have a healthy fear of the people, and Trump is loved by the people. Such healthy fear leads to respect, which is one thing our elite overlords have absolutely zero of when it comes to the people who ostensibly employ them.
No surprise from Colorado. I lived there from 1976 to 2015 and saw first hand the complete decline into a leftist hellhole. Thanks California! I live in Indiana now. Can't say it's great here but at least it's not insane. (And I have a great job, which is such a blessing.)
Sasha, the next time you drive through Indy, let me know. Lunch is on me!
Doesn’t this ruling apply to the primary ballot, not the general election ballot? Regardless, even Colorado’s Chief Justice as well as two others dissented. It won’t be legally settled until January 4th and is subject to appeal or stay. Yay Sasha for getting this out so quickly.
There are hard core conservatives in Colorado. The Left know not what they do.
Angk, we can only hope!
So here we go with disqualifying candidates by invoking some version of Moral Turpitude. (That is how democracy was ended in Iran.) Note that the Constitution applies the same standard to supporters of "insurrection". How very convenient. If the arguments of the Colorado Supremes are accepted, the Demos can literally ban almost any Repo from running. They can't get that far for 2024. But if in 2024 they win the House, the Senate, and the White House, allowing them to pack the Supreme Court, they can, and will. Getting rid of elections is a stretch. Getting rid of candidates is not.
It would be remiss not to note that "insurrection" is (or at least about 150 years ago was) a synonym for "rebellion". That is why it was applied to the Civil War, which was also called "the War of the Rebellion". (That is what it was called in the official records.) What happened on Jan 6. was not "insurrection". And no, the phrase "insurrection or rebellion" does not imply a difference of meaning, any more than does "without let or hindrance". Stringing together synonyms, just to cover all bases, is common in legal language.
There is no unarmed insurrection! When has there ever been an unarmed insurrection? it also defies the definition. They should just stop using that word for January 6 event. It was a riot or a mostly peaceful protest.
I get really angry and frustrated when people keep referring to it as an insurrection. It absolutely was not. It was a protest that turned violent. Big difference.
Maybe we should call it "partly violent", and ask the Demos whether they condemn protests that are "partly violent". Or "mostly peaceful".
Calling J6 is propaganda Gabe, and this Colorado case is one of the outcomes. Sick stuff.
Sasha, I just wrote a longer version on the last Tucker comments.
Wouldn’t it be a great column for you to write a daily summary of politics and links?
It would be kinda like Awards Daily but for Trump, Biden and whoever summarizing X, formerly Twitter, and news for those with less time. You know the business model and daily publication details.
Anyone who wants Sasha to write this, please like this post.
No comment on this "ruling."
But, of course, this will not stop Trump.
His followers will just write in his name.
Trump Disqualified From Colorado Ballot
So now the Anti-liberty authoritarians of the far left have confirmed they’ve gone full fascist:
DEMOCRACY IS DEAD, MUSSOLINI ASSERTS; He Hails the Rise of the Fascist State in Proclamation on New Labor System. SEES EQUALITY FOR ALL He Declares the Adoption the Most Glorious Feat in the Fascist Revolution.
https://archive.ph/XEkt0
Dear Ms stone, These people don’t care about history, it is all about the here and now.
Madness
Amr Australia
Amr, it is sad that too many of the English ancestral peoples of Australia have forgotten their own history of how they arrived there. Many cast off’s to your great land were those working hands in England with the gall to stand up against aristocracy’s unjust laws. Not unlike the USA.
Here’s some English unjust laws that contributed to population growth of Australia, and because these laws often were directed at tradesmen, Aussies got some good immigrants:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinations_of_Workmen_Act_1825
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combination_Act_1799
Both sides are like that now, though. The other day, some person on here asked, rhetorically, 'when did the left ever care about comedy'? and I thought: this person does not know who George Carlin is...
George hated both sides equally.
It's like they want civil war.
Calvinball
The globalists celebrating this victory tonight are not thinking this through... as usual.
If this is allowed to stand - a big IF, to be certain - it then sets an inalterable precedent in support of tenth amendment rights. After all, if a state can do something like this (because let's be honest, it doesn't get much bigger than kicking a national figure off your presidential ballot), then what other independent actions are available to those states?
Suddenly, nullification of over-reaching gun laws, excessive taxation, vile censorship demands, and draconian 'climate change' / 'vaccine' mandates suddenly seems well within our grasp. Precedent is a powerful weapon, and if wielded sharply it can redefine an entire landscape. No matter how this plays out we can actually WIN in this scenario, so be a good cheer folks.
Nope, they are not thinking this through... at all.
Remember, the Constitution is a restraint on the government, not the other way around.
If they don’t have to follow the rules…
I had to scroll a long way to find this response. Exactly right. Time for Texas to nuke Colorado, I guess…
Thats a good point. But then how do we even have a country anymore?
The actual ruling is that Trump is far more popular than Biden and that votes will be counted honestly, so the only way to protect our Democracy is to prevent citizens from voting for their preferred candidate.
The US Supreme Court should show them how real judges interpret the law.
Turley is appalled by the decision.
I see little bias in Turley's views.
He seems pretty straight down the middle to me. That's why I like him.
He’s a Democrat. I am too, but I still don’t like what’s going on in the Democratic Party.
So he is now what? Independent or Republican?
I mean his official registration. I am pretty sure he us still a registered dem
How is that legal? 🤦♀️
The authoritarians of the fascist far left don’t care if it’s legal.
They will just complain about an out-of-control Supreme court when it’s over ruled.
& seek to stack it.
It's not. Obviously.
The Federal Supreme Court will overrule this
One would hope so...COs Chief Justice dissented...but the fact this happened AT ALL...God help us.
Yeah, I mentioned this to my wife who isn’t a Trump fan and even she said ‘well that is wrong’
Wrong? It's criminal.
This weakens our entire society, on every level. And it's ALWAYS from those who say they 'love' Democracy, abhor Fascism, et al. The Democratic Party is pure and utter trash. We MUST take it back.
They will do so, buy only because of Trump's appointees to the SCOTUS. How much longer will that persist now that Dems hold permanent power thru election stealing? The end of this country (and subsequent balkanization of us regions) draws near. The only question is what will be today's version of Ft. Sumpter?
What's happened here is the Colorado State Supreme Court has applied a criminal conviction and penalty to a defendant who has never been charged - who has never stood trial - for a crime the Colorado State Supreme Court has no jurisdiction over. This is utter tyranny and it will lead to violence that is going to be very hard to control.
Sasha, a good follow up to this would be an explainer on what interest group brought this forth in Colorado, and who funds them. That may be well known to Colorado residents, but most of us don’t live there
Go to completecolorado.com for the best analysis. Or tune into local AM radio.
He hasn’t been convicted. Seems like they are putting the cart before the horse.
We are being set up for Nikki Haley. A travesty of justice. Voters are being held hostage.
Haley is a WAR PIG
Yes she is, completely captured by neocon MIC
Colorado SUCKS under Democrat control. It has become a place not worth living in unless you love Deep State control of your life. I live in CO. We know the elections are rigged bc of the Mesa County reports that looked at the data in the voting machines that showed the voting machines have multiple wifi connectors, are totally unsecured and have manipulated past elections (2020 and 2021). This decision just confirms I don't live in a safe place ruled by the Constitution but in a place ruled by power hungry Marxist ideologues who hate America.
Great column, Sasha. This isn't a slippery slope for the Democrats, it's hurtling towards the edge of a steep precipice. What are they going to do when Georgia or North Carolina ban Biden from the ballot for some reason without a conviction? Furthermore, nothing says fascism more than preventing people from voting for who they want.
I hope to be in the front row with a big bag of popcorn when the deep state criminals are hanged for their crimes.
I was glad you guys didn't get Pence though...
What would you folks of the authoritarian far-left say if Beijing Biden were barred from the ballots for his treasonous activities?
Would you have the same response?
For those of you unfamiliar with ‘MLB Fan,’ it’s tactic is to deflect ANY and all comments towards actions of the pro-freedom right and away from the authoritarian left to sow chaos and confusion.
MLB, there is an attempt to ban a candidate from running for office for frivolous reasons. My Left leaning wife even saw the error in preventing voice to voters who support Trump. It’s okay to agree with that. I can unequivocally state that if R’s were trying to do this to a D, I would also state how wrong it is. Do you BTW recall what D’s did to Bernie in ‘16? That was some strange and wrongful behavior. D’s said it’s their right as a private entity (Dem Party). Now they are overstepping. You know it but can’t help yourself. What a small person you show us to be. Are you even an American citizen?
Well, let’s see.
We’ve proven that you are a LIAR, so are you now going to pretend you’re some sort of centrist or moderate as authoritarian leftists tend to do?
At what point is enough, enough? I'm guessing a big electoral defeat may be enough to do it, but if not, where does this end? If Trump wins big in 2024, do they back off and try to be civil? I doubt it. Kind of like impeaching Trump for a phone call about a corrupt administration that hurt the feelings of the diplomatic community. They are pushing things so far beyond norms, that it's hard to see a return to normalcy.
They have indicted Trump on nearly 100 charges. In GA, there are defendants pleaing to probation and a clean record on charges that they faced decades in prison for. In NY, there's a totally phony "fraud" trial that doesn't allege anyone was defrauded. The FBI raided his home in search of documents that i'm sure were no worse than Joe stored in his Corvette.
The Democrats have become completely unhinged. If this decision is allowed to stand, and the ones in the other states go forward as well, we will sink into civil war. I've always thought that people who say that are exaggerating but I'm beginning to believe it now. This country is a powder keg and the Democrats want it this way.
Coors = Bud Lite
I CANNOT see SCOTUS holding this up. If states can suddenly decide to remove people for political reasons, then how do we even have a country anymore?
Dems constantly carp about "disenfranchising" this group or that. AS they do EXACTLY that to the millions of Colorado residents who voted for Trump. Its gross and disgusting
Apparently the Colorado Court found that when Trump said, “fight like hell” that was not protected speech. So “fight like hell” gets him thrown off the ballot?
I am so sick of this bullshit.
Colorado is a disaster and it’s getting worse. I’ve lived here my whole life. Born and raised in the north metro. My parents loved here from Iowa in 1978 because it was pretty much the perfect place to be. The Spirit of the West is dying here.
Moved here. But loved it, of course.
Here in Oregon we have a riff in this, which is a symptom of urban/rural divide. Oregon legislative body is majority D. When in session they can pass what they want in the climate change and culture war front. Some elected Republicans Senate members here have opted to not attend session, prevent a quorum, and therefore no legislation can advance. D’s then passed a law in 2022 (Measure 113 which amended State constitution) stating if elected official doesn’t attend X # of days of session, they are banned from running in next election. This is now playing out, where R’s who prevented quorum want to run again, and are suing to do so. The entire Establishment here is D or leaning D, including the Oregon high court. The voters here in PDX metro area and down to Salem, majority Blue. The case is now in front of Oregon Supreme Court, oral arguments last week:
https://apnews.com/article/oregon-supreme-court-republican-walkout-lawsuit-c4921d3806262829c0a6821f6f68c59b
This is truly vile.
OK, I warned everyone about the CO Supreme Court and the rule of law years ago but no one paid attention.
The Left has a tendency to go on Children's Crusades. It doesn't take a Trumper to understand how badly this kind of tactic may backfire.