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Does the US Supreme Court judgement preventing States from barring Trump in the ballot make any rulings on the 'insurrectionist' charges against him?
The Justices unanimously reversed a December 19 decision by Colorado's top court to kick Mr. Trump off the State's Republican primary ballot after finding that the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment ...
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What exactly are the "stridencies" in the majority opinion on the Colorado ballot exclusion to which the two concurrencies refer? [closed]
In CNN's March 5, 2024 Retired federal judge blasts Supreme Court ruling: 'Stunning in its overreach' retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig says the following (excerpted from YouTube auto-transcript ...
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How did the Colorado Supreme Court justify extending Section 3 of 14th amendment to the presidency? How did the minority opinion argue against this?
The NYTimes' December 19/20, 2023 LIVE: Trump Ballot Ruling; Trump Is Disqualified From the 2024 Ballot, Colorado Supreme Court Rules includes the following:
The Colorado court’s lengthy ruling ...
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Argument for why the electoral clause was not violated by balloting changes related to Covid-19
The electoral clause (article II, section I, clause 2) of the U.S. constitution states:
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to ...
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The Texas lawsuit and contingent election
With filing the Texas lawsuit it becomes increasingly clear that the whole post-election strategy of Trump was to shift the presidential election to the House of Representatives with the help of the ...
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Could Trump maintain power by combination of executive orders and supreme court decisions?
Since Trump is still president until January, and he has already packed the supreme court, would it be possible for him to be president eternally by extending his power through executive orders, and ...
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Will social conservative voters still "need" Trump if his Court appointment succeeds?
I see a lot of commentary to the effect that for many conservative U.S. voters, a major reason they supported Trump was because they foresaw, correctly, that his term would see the appointment of ...
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Given a 4-4 tie, how would the Supreme Court determine results for a contested election?
Consider a hypothetical scenario in which there are eight Supreme Court justices at the time election results are being determined (ie, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat has not been filled and there is no ...
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How would election results end up in Supreme Court? [closed]
For the sake of argument, let's say that the election results are in, and Biden won the popular vote and the Electoral vote.
Assuming that the new Supreme Court judge confirmed by the Senate will ...
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Would a President get to fill a Supreme Court vacancy just after he lost an election in November/December?
Suppose an incumbent President loses an election in November and a supreme court vacancy were to emerge right after his loss but before the swearing-in of his successor. Would he be able to fill this ...
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What effect does the recent SCOTUS decision on faithless electors have on the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact?
What effect, if any, does the recent SCOTUS decision on faithless electors have on the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact?
This compact requires the electors from the states signed into the ...
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