Supreme Court Hearing on 14th Amendment and Trump
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Anonymous
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No thread on this yet? I'll start.
I naively thought they would argue he hadn't engaged in inssurrection. They're not.... |
Anonymous
| I cannot believe I am listening to the stream of oral arguments. |
Anonymous
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I wouldn't get too excited. They can ask a lot of questions, each in order to find a way to let him off.
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Anonymous
| If they have a chance to punt, they'll punt. |
Anonymous
| Trump lawyer arguing on the "hold" point. |
Anonymous
| The conservative judges want Trump back in. |
Anonymous
| Alito vigorously arguing in favor of Trump. |
Anonymous
Their briefs signaled that. They were mostly focused on the hyper-technical argument that the President isn't an officer. |
Anonymous
Because they can't argue the fact that he didn't engage... |
Anonymous
| I don't think they can argue insurrection? Because they have to take up the Colorado case as is, and the state supreme court determined there was. So insurrection is not up for debate. But other points are. |
Anonymous
Making it so technical that SCOTUS can find a way to excuse Trump. |
Anonymous
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here's a you tube link which helps me know who is speaking:
https://twitter.com/7Veritas4?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Did the Trump lawyer argue that the word officer has separate meanings in two separate parts of one section of the Constitution? |
Anonymous
| I think the court is going to rule he stays on the ballot. I'm curious about the why. This is history ya'll! |
Anonymous
| Trump lawyer now saying Congress has to bar Trump from office. |
Anonymous
| Coney-Barrett is actually asking some tough questions. |