The Colorado Supreme Court is removing former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot, saying he is ineligible to be president.

  • pathos@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    This alone is a nothingburger. But it might set the precedent for other states to make the same ruling.

    Then again the SC will likely overrule this, so most likely nothing matters.

    • Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.com
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      9 months ago

      Not a lawyer here, but I’m not sure the scouts even could do anything here. The states and their own election mechanics, to the best of my knowledge, are independent of the federal government to the extent that a given state could put whoever they want on the ballot.

      If that’s the case though, I have to wonder what stops them from simply putting their chosen winner as the only candidate on the general election ballot, other than the inevitable storm of lawsuits.