Disappointed in you, Michigan.
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Do I smell capitulation?
No jurisdiction within their own state, within their own state. State Supreme Court. No jurisdiction. Within their own state.
Do you have a cogent argument or are you just going to say words?
They’re pointing out how obviously ridiculous the court’s claim is. There’s no room or need for an intelligent rebuttal because the Michigan Sup. Court’s opinion was not intelligently made.
OWN STATE! STATE! NO… COURT! JURISDICTION NO! OWN STATE! RRRRAAAARR! [throws lunch tray, kicks over chair]
So I was right, the argument is that a state Supreme Court exercises unlimited authority within that state’s borders.
What a horribly stupid take.
Do you have a relevant discussion point or are you just here to harass people who don’t share your feelings about ex-president Trump?
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Which kind of states’ rights are you referring to – the kind that caused the Civil War or the enumerated and unenumerated powers granted to the various states with regard to limited self governance? Assuming the latter, a state has the power to restrict its own authority it is also limited by that state’s own Constitution and the US Constitution as well as many other laws, rules, regulations, and established principles. Michigan has different laws than Colorado. The Michigan Supreme Court correctly found that it is not empowered to remove a candidate from a political party’s primary election ballot.
I genuinely do not understand what is difficult about this. It would seem the average Lemmy user’s lack of understanding of the law is only matched by that same group’s certainty of their mastery of it.
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Those words are their argument.
This is correct, and everyone who is “disappointed in Michigan” should really try harder to understand the laws they’re talking about. The party primaries here are not under the authority of the state, the court was just following the rules.
The court has however left the door open and is willing to hear this case regarding the general election ballot, which is under the state’s purview. I suspect they will rule against Trump personally but this is just rage bait for the moment.
So if Michigan does not have an explicit law defining age requirements, could a 12 year old run in a political parties primary for president and get on the ballot? Or could Schwarzenegger get on the ballot for POTUS?
Am I correct in understanding their opinion of the primary election as having nothing to do with federal constitutional requirements for POTUS?
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That seems stupid but at least they followed a legal process (unlike the mofos on Jan 6)
So I guess MI will revisit the topic in the general election if (when) Trump wins the primary. Don’t forget to stock up on 🍿
Not sure about MIchigan in particular, but other states have, in relatively recent history, given ballot access to presidential candidates who were unambiguously constitutionally ineligible for the office. It doesn’t make much sense to me either, but apparently neither the 14th amendment, nor any other federal law restricts who can run for president, merely who can hold the office if elected.
I’m kind of on the fence about this, myself. On the one hand, it’s party business who they want to nominate for seats on the ballot in general elections so I see why the rulings are going the way they are. If a party wants to run a candidate that stands a fair chance of being disqualified, that’s between the party leadership and its voters. It’s not really the court’s job to protect voters from themselves.
On the other hand, you could make the argument that the primary candidates should at least be vetted and qualified to hold the office for which they are running so as not to disenfranchise voters, should that candidate win the nomination and only later be disqualified. Add to this my own lack of confidence that court cases could even be decided in the short time between primaries and when official ballots would be printed.
It all comes down to whether there’s even that “fair chance” Trump could or would be disqualified. The GOP either doesn’t think so, or they’re saying “prove it” with the loudest bullhorn they can find while at the same time kicking up dust and touching off culture wars to keep everyone else off-balance. It’s cynical and disingenuous to be sure but you gotta look at what they do instead of what they say. They’re playing HARD for this, harder than the stakes might suggest, and you have to wonder why.
None of the ways through this quagmire are clean anymore. Never were. Gonna be a rough election.
Has anyone considered that Biden might have an easier time beating trump than he would Nikki Haley? Yes, the trumpers want their orange-over-lord, but if given no other choice they’ll vote for anothwr GOP candidate. Some republicans only voted for Biden because they also hated trump. Given someone who aligns more with their belief they’d chose them instead. A woman might also ease their abortion fears because some GOP women might be hoping that Haley secretly supports abortion (because they, too, secretly support it)
Banishing trump from the ballot will only backfire
Didn’t the Hillary campaign follow this logic? Even helping trump win the primary? I don’t have a source admittedly but remember reading something like this.
I can see where you’re coming from, but I’m not talking about actively promoting him over other candidates. Rather, prosecute him to the full extent of the law but don’t try to take him off the ballot. Let his own actions tank him
Plus he has already lost to Biden before. Hilary wasn’t an ideal candidate, given everything tacked onto her by the GOP
ETA: There are few things that’d be funnier than watching him try to run a campaign from inside a jail cell (though I doubt it would come to that)
Gotta agree with you completely thanks for sharing your thoughts
If anyone other than Trump wins the Republican primary, Trump will run as an independent candidate. This will split the stupid bigot vote and make things easier for Biden.
Definitely a possibility
Personally, I feel Trump’s actions put democracy at it’s core at risk, or at least the greatest risk we’ve had for a long time. He’s done major damage to the faith in elections based on zero evidence, and he incited his supporters to attempt to overthrow an election. I honestly don’t get why there isn’t a bigger deal made out of it. But for those reasons, I would not want to see Trump even have a chance at election again. Also, about the abortion thing; I used to think maybe a part of their supporters were rational and were only wanting an adjustment on the allowed abortion in regards to amount of weeks of pregnancy…but then republicans just outright banned it completely where they could. They already exposed themselves on this point, anyone still thinking republicans have any reason here is giving them too much credit. They need to earn that credit back. It will come when the Millennials and the next generations overwhelming vote again them.
Nikki Haley scares the ever loving shit out of me for this reason. Right now she’s saying all the right things about “finding a consensus” on topics like abortion.
Meanwhile while a legislator in S.C., she backed quite a few very strict abortion ban bills. One of them was even a “no exception” policy.
But, right now she “appears moderate” to “moderates”, and the Republican party gets to point at her and be like “Of course we don’t hate women! We voted for one!”
Ugh…her name gives me a nasty feeling in the pit of my stomach.
Yeah, she makes me nervous. She has a brain
It’s not about going against a candidate that has better chances or trying to prevent a backfire. It’s about following the rule of law and upholding the constitution. DJT is not eligible because he swore and oath and later engaged in insurrection, full stop.
Sure, I’m not disagreeing that he should be ineligible, but it isn’t for the states to make that decision individually. That action can create more problems than it solves. We need him taken down federally, through the courts, and put in prison where he belongs
That’s how we ended up with President Trump in the first place.
Circumstances were different at that time than they are now. I’ve already written in another comment about it, but briefly: Biden has already beat him once, Hilary wasn’t the ideal candidate, Trump now has charges and lawsuits against him. Most of the people who were complacent in the 2016 election realized their mistake and voted for Biden, and if trump is running again they’ll likely do the same
It also sets a dangerous precedent for states to disallow presidential candidates from the ballot. Sure, it’s easy to swallow with Trump and all of the investigations swirling around Jan 6 (and everything else) but in 50 years will it be easy to swallow when the State Supreme Courts want to guide a candidate that’s promised to fund their own initiatives into office?
As an aside, has anyone asked about whether the electoral college can vote for a guy that’s not on their state’s ballot but who is still running?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The ruling contrasts with Dec. 19 decision by a divided Colorado Supreme Court which found Trump ineligible to be president because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The plaintiffs in Michigan can technically try again to disqualify Trump under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment in the general election, though it’s likely there will be a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the issue by then.
“We are disappointed by the Michigan Supreme Court’s decision,” said Ron Fein, legal director of Free Speech for People, the liberal group that filed the suit to disqualify Trump in the state.
Trump pressed two election officials in Michigan’s Wayne County not to certify 2020 vote totals, according to a recording of a post-election phone call disclosed in a Dec. 22 report by The Detroit News.
Attorneys for Free Speech for People, a liberal nonprofit group also involved in efforts to keep Trump’s name off the primary ballot in Minnesota and Oregon, had asked Michigan’s Supreme Court to render its decision by Christmas Day.
But a Michigan Court of Claims judge rejected that group’s arguments, saying in November that it was the proper role of Congress to decide the question.
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Michigan the bitch again, while Maine the brings the pain
Boo Michigan! We hate your pussy!
Unless it’s specifically stated in the State’s Constitution, removing him from the ballot should require Congressional action. He’s total garbage, but Congress does nothing, he has the right to be on the ballot.
California also refused to remove him from the ballot
Congress can only take action where they are constitutionally allowed. The absence of a state law doesn’t give Congress unilateral authority over a State.
Federal law supersedes state law
Federal preemption is a doctrine with plenty of exceptions and it doesn’t even apply here. Read a book.
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It’s not up for the courts to decide, it’s up to Congress to enforce the Constitution of the US. SCOTUS will likely overturn Colorado’s decision due to Congressional inaction
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It is not up to Congress to enforce the U.S. Constitution. The Executive Branch does that.
it’s up to Congress to enforce the Constitution
incorrect-- law enforcement is the purview of the executive branch. the courts interpret laws. congress create laws.
stay in school!
“The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.”
14th Amendment
you forgot to include the part that says only congress can enforce laws.
oh, wait, it’s not there???
lmao, stay in school. oh and remember to breathe, since that wan’t written in the constitution, either, but, apparently, you need to be explicitly told that… lmao
