floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoSupreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attackapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square300fedilinkarrow-up1565arrow-down114cross-posted to: usnews@beehaw.orgpolitics@lemmy.world
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minus-squareEchlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 months agoNoteably, SCOTUS doesn’t legislate, nor are they “Congress”. If there is a law saying as much (states can’t control primary ballots), though, sure.
minus-squareUllallulloo@civilloquy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoYeah, SCOTUS can’t remove a candidate for insurrection. The only way is if Congress passes a law describing who is.
Noteably, SCOTUS doesn’t legislate, nor are they “Congress”. If there is a law saying as much (states can’t control primary ballots), though, sure.
Yeah, SCOTUS can’t remove a candidate for insurrection. The only way is if Congress passes a law describing who is.