The Absurdity of the Court Pretending Words Mean What They Want

The Supreme Court of the United States seems poised to overrule the Colorado Supreme Court and put Trump on that state’s ballot.

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The voters don’t get to decide if someone who will still be under 35 on inauguration day can become president. Nor can voters elect someone who is foreign born.

I’ve never heard the argument that we can simply ignore those rules because they disenfranchise voters. We can’t have President Schwarzenegger, no matter how much we like him, unless and until the Constitution is amended to permit a foreign-born president.

And so it is with those who are disqualified from the presidency by Section 3 of the 14th amendment. Want to be president? Insurrectionists need not apply.

The enforcement of ballot eligibility has always rested with the States. In this case, the Secretary of State of Colorado determined that Trump was ineligible based on the 14th amendment section 3. Had Trump been 20 years old or born in Bolivia, he could have made the same ruling — and nobody would be questioning that he had the authority to do so.

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