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Raskin: SCOTUS ‘Punted’ on Trump Ballot — ‘It’s Up to Congress to Act’
Breitbart ^ | 03/04/2024 | PAM KEY

Posted on 03/04/2024 11:38:12 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Tuesday on CNN’s “Newsroom” that the Supreme Court unanimously overturning a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that disqualified former President Donald Trump from the ballot was SCOTUS punting.

Raskin said, “The, court didn’t exactly disagree with it. They just said that they’re not the ones to figure it out. It’s not going to be a matter for judicial resolution under Section Three of the 14th Amendment, but it’s up to Congress to enforce it. I disagree with that interpretation just because the other parts of the 14th Amendment are self executing. People can go to court and say that something violates equal protection, even if there’s not a federal statute that allows them to do that. But any event, the Supreme Court punted and said, it’s up to Congress to act.”

He continued, “And so I am working with a number of my colleagues, including Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Eric Swalwell, to revive legislation that we had to set up a process by which we could determine that someone who committed insurrection is disqualified by section three of the 14th Amendment and the House of Representatives already impeached Donald Trump for participating in insurrection by inciting it. So the House has already pronounced upon that, and there was also a 57 to 43 vote in the Senate. The question is whether speaker Mike Johnson would allow us to bring this to the floor of the House?”

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KEYWORDS: ashameaboutyerkid; ballot; jamieraskin; jamieratskin; raskin; rasking; ratskin; scotus; scotusdecision; trump
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yep.


21 posted on 03/04/2024 11:54:05 AM PST by sauropod (Ne supra crepidam.)
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To: NohSpinZone

You need to remember, the Constitution is not the Democrats favorite document.


22 posted on 03/04/2024 11:54:48 AM PST by MrRelevant
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To: KarlInOhio

Indeed. Alot of folks dont remember this tidbit.


23 posted on 03/04/2024 11:55:29 AM PST by MrRelevant
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To: Ingtar

“Where was the trial that convicted him?”


“...there was also a 57 to 43 vote in the Senate”, which acquitted him. In most criminal trials a unanimous verdict is required, so it should be easier to convict in the Senate and they failed to convict.


24 posted on 03/04/2024 11:56:42 AM PST by hanamizu ( )
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To: teeman8r

Period. The end.


25 posted on 03/04/2024 11:58:16 AM PST by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Democrats and RINOs will not tell us who we can vote for.
Not saying they won’t try.


26 posted on 03/04/2024 12:01:25 PM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Do-rag Raskin is a repulsive little insect….


27 posted on 03/04/2024 12:05:39 PM PST by clintonh8r (The truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

They wrote a movie script and now they can’t sell tickets 😁


28 posted on 03/04/2024 12:06:14 PM PST by SMARTY ("A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies." Tennyson)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

SCOTUS: “You can’t kick someone off the ballot for sedition if they haven’t actually been found guilty of sedition. Which, is a determination Congress needs to make.”

DNC: “REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. Oranch Man is t3h BADZ!”


29 posted on 03/04/2024 12:15:26 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If this situation was a GOP effort to remove a democrat candidate for a charge that had not been found guilty of…. Raskin would be praising the wise and thoughtful application of law from the USSC.

It’s not a stretch to think Raskin would favor imprisoning those outside of his party for the most minor transgression. These are terrible evil people.


30 posted on 03/04/2024 12:16:09 PM PST by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Ellen)
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To: NohSpinZone

He is learning from Nikki Haley, where after she gets her ass kicked she hails it a victory.


31 posted on 03/04/2024 12:18:05 PM PST by odawg
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Good luck with that


32 posted on 03/04/2024 12:19:41 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Jamie is working hard to take Joes place on the ballot


33 posted on 03/04/2024 12:20:23 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yeah, the SCOTUS punted the Colorado Supreme Court about 70 yards.


34 posted on 03/04/2024 12:21:13 PM PST by csn vinnie
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To: ChicagoConservative27

LOL! If you think that Democrats are going nuts now, the rumor is that the Vourt has also decided Trump has full civil and criminal immunity. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in the streets.


35 posted on 03/04/2024 12:23:32 PM PST by Eva
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Members of the Democrat/Communist Party are not interested in democracy, and they sure as hell aren't interested in governing.
What they are completely focused on is keeping their power and being in control. That's. It!
36 posted on 03/04/2024 12:25:55 PM PST by glennaro (Never give up ... never give in ... never surrender ... and enjoy every minute of doing so.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Too bad cancer didn’t get him. Can only hope.


37 posted on 03/04/2024 12:28:11 PM PST by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Can guarantee that:

1. As soon as President Trump is officially labeled the nominee, Democrat candidates will be running on promises to impeach him.

2. Once President Trump is re-elected, Democrats file articles of impeachment.

3. If President Trump is not re-elected, Democrats will continue to pursue him with nonstop lawfare, including creating Letiticia James styled new crimes if needed.

The adults are not in charge of the Dem party. It is Animal Farm level of government.


38 posted on 03/04/2024 12:31:46 PM PST by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Ellen)
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To: Fledermaus

Hell, I bet even the Grim Reaper would even crack a smile on that one.


39 posted on 03/04/2024 12:35:21 PM PST by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Ellen)
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To: TornadoAlley3

DIDN’T TRUMP ALREADY SURVIVE SUCH CHARGES FROM CONGRESS? AQUITTAL.


40 posted on 03/04/2024 12:39:14 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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