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  1. 🧵1/3 I thought today was a good day to re-up these 2 Trump disqualification posts:
    1) There's a better rationale for disqualification than insurrection
    2) Disqualification is undemocratic by design

    #TrumpDisqualified #TrumpIsAInsurrectionist #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #ABlueView

  2. 🧵1/3 I thought today was a good day to re-up these 2 Trump disqualification posts:
    1) There's a better rationale for disqualification than insurrection
    2) Disqualification is undemocratic by design

    #TrumpDisqualified #TrumpIsAInsurrectionist #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #ABlueView

  3. 🧵1/3 I thought today was a good day to re-up these 2 Trump disqualification posts:
    1) There's a better rationale for disqualification than insurrection
    2) Disqualification is undemocratic by design

    #TrumpDisqualified #TrumpIsAInsurrectionist #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #ABlueView

  4. 🧵1/3 I thought today was a good day to re-up these 2 Trump disqualification posts:
    1) There's a better rationale for disqualification than insurrection
    2) Disqualification is undemocratic by design

    #TrumpDisqualified #TrumpIsAInsurrectionist #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #ABlueView

  5. The 14th Amend. disqualifies insurrectionists AND those who give "aid or comfort to the enemies" of the US

    While it's debatable Trump committed insurrection on Jan 6, providing aid & comfort to them is NOT debatable.🧵1/3

    #TrumpDisqualified #TrumpIsAInsurrectionist #ABlueView

  6. The 14th Amend. disqualifies insurrectionists AND those who give "aid or comfort to the enemies" of the US

    While it's debatable Trump committed insurrection on Jan 6, providing aid & comfort to them is NOT debatable.🧵1/3

    #TrumpDisqualified #TrumpIsAInsurrectionist #ABlueView

  7. Disqualifying Trump🧵1/3

    Given there are laws against insurrection & Trump hasn't been charged w/them, SCOTUS disqualifying Trump for insurrection is unlikely.

    But the 14th also disqualifys those who ...

    #TrumpDisqualified #TrumpIsAInsurrectionist #DictatorOnDayOne #ABlueView

  8. 🧵2/4 Due to the 5 Presidential disqualifications in the Constitution:
    Art II: 1) foreign born 2) <35 years old 3) not a US resident last 14 years
    14 Amend: 4) insurrectionists
    22 Amend: 5) twice elected Presidents

    #TrumpDisqualified #TrumpIsAInsurrectionist #VoteBlue #ABlueView

  9. 🧵1/4 Did you know all of these folks are barred by the US Constitution from becoming President?

    1) Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger
    2) FL Rep Maxwell Frost
    3) Sec of Defense Lloyd Austin
    4) George Bush
    5) Barack Obama

    #TrumpDisqualified #TrumpIsAInsurrectionist #VoteBlue #ABlueView

  10. 🧵3/3 The compelling Court's decision is black & white, clear & convincing relying heavily on the text & history of the 14th Amendment.

    Oh my! Am I an originalist and textualist now??

    #TrumpDisqualified #TrumpIsAInsurrectionist #DictatorOnDayOne #ABlueView

  11. 🧵2/3 The CO Supreme Court decision is like a breathe of fresh air from the Before Times, when conspiracy theorists were viewed as nuts, vaccines were miracles of science & Republicans argued a corrupt President had to resign ... and he did.

    #TrumpDisqualified #ABlueView

  12. If you're like me, the Trump era has left you wondering how America entered the Twilight Zone, where up is down, folks reject life saving vaccines, Republicans praise Putin & Presidents attempt coups.🧵1/3

    #TrumpDisqualified #TrumpIsAInsurrectionist #DictatorOnDayOne #ABlueView

  13. The reaction from the Right, however, is predictable: since they delude themselves denying Trump instigated or abetted an insurrection, the 14th Amendment cannot apply & the decision is undemocratic.

    Legal "scholar" Jonathan Turley in ...🧵1/3

    #TrumpDisqualified #ABlueView

  14. Tribe & Luttig, the lawyers who popularized the 14th Amendment idea, offer key reactions in this clip worth watching: bit.ly/3tkb96H

    At around ~8:30, Tribe says Section 3 is an entrance requirement not punishment!

    #TrumpDisqualified #TrumpIsAInsurrectionist #ABlueView

  15. EDITORIAL: Confederacy survivors empowered America to rebuke Trump — Colorado concurs

    His conviction by Republicans and Democrats in the House, and voluminous evidence against him made public, make his guilt unequivocal.

    sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/e

    #COpolitics #TrumpDisqualified

  16. EDITORIAL: Confederacy survivors empowered America to rebuke Trump — Colorado concurs

    His conviction by Republicans and Democrats in the House, and voluminous evidence against him made public, make his guilt unequivocal.

    sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/e

    #COpolitics #TrumpDisqualified

  17. EDITORIAL: Confederacy survivors empowered America to rebuke Trump — Colorado concurs

    His conviction by Republicans and Democrats in the House, and voluminous evidence against him made public, make his guilt unequivocal.

    sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/e

    #COpolitics #TrumpDisqualified

  18. EDITORIAL: Confederacy survivors empowered America to rebuke Trump — Colorado concurs

    His conviction by Republicans and Democrats in the House, and voluminous evidence against him made public, make his guilt unequivocal.

    sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/e

    #COpolitics #TrumpDisqualified

  19. EDITORIAL: Confederacy survivors empowered America to rebuke Trump — Colorado concurs

    His conviction by Republicans and Democrats in the House, and voluminous evidence against him made public, make his guilt unequivocal.

    sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/e

    #COpolitics #TrumpDisqualified

  20. BREAKING: #ColoradoSupremeCourt rules #Trumpdisqualified from GOP primary election ballot. 200-page opinion. Cites 14thAmendment #SectionThree
    MSNBC

  21. BREAKING: #ColoradoSupremeCourt rules #Trumpdisqualified from GOP primary election ballot. 200-page opinion. Cites 14thAmendment #SectionThree
    MSNBC

  22. BREAKING: #ColoradoSupremeCourt rules #Trumpdisqualified from GOP primary election ballot. 200-page opinion. Cites 14thAmendment #SectionThree
    MSNBC

  23. BREAKING: #ColoradoSupremeCourt rules #Trumpdisqualified from GOP primary election ballot. 200-page opinion. Cites 14thAmendment #SectionThree
    MSNBC

  24. BREAKING: #ColoradoSupremeCourt rules #Trumpdisqualified from GOP primary election ballot. 200-page opinion. Cites 14thAmendment #SectionThree
    MSNBC