Neuromancer@lemm.eeM to Conservative@lemm.ee · 1 year ago

Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from 2024 ballot based on 14th Amendment’s ‘insurrectionist ban’ — CNN

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Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from 2024 ballot based on 14th Amendment’s ‘insurrectionist ban’ — CNN

Neuromancer@lemm.eeM to Conservative@lemm.ee · 1 year ago

In a stunning and unprecedented decision, the Colorado Supreme Court removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, ruling that he isn’t an eligible presidential candidate because of the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.”

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They are barely able to handle the fact that we are supposed to be a democracy in the first place.
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  No. The founding fathers made steps to make sure we were not a democracy as you think of one.
  
  https://fee.org/articles/why-americas-founders-didnt-want-a-democracy/

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