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Thread #172859   Message #4193926
Posted By: Lighter
20-Dec-23 - 08:01 AM
Thread Name: Trump INDICTED x4 NO new Trump threads part III
Subject: RE: Trump INDICTED x4 NO new Trump threads part III
There are at least three issues at stake:

1. a legal definition of "insurrection" and its application in this case.

2. the question of why the Amendment doesn't specify president and vice-president if it applies to them.

3. just who - courts or Congress - decides on whether a candidate has engaged in insurrection.

The split opinion of the Colorado Supreme Court shows that these won't be simple decisions for SCOTUS.