Right Wing SCOTUS Will Likely Kill Attempts To Ban Trump From Ballot

Efforts to block Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot are picking up steam all over the country. And even though the arguments are solid and the 14th Amendment is clear, these challenges to Trump's candidacy aren't likely to yield the results that we are hoping for, and that's all because of the right wing Supreme Court that will ultimately make the final decision, if necessary. Farron Cousins explains what will likely happen.

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The efforts to kick Donald Trump off of the 2024 ballot have increased to multiple states throughout the United States. We have Colorado, uh, I believe we have one going in Michigan. We've got several other states working on this. And essentially they're trying to say that the, uh, 14th amendments, specifically Section three, the insurrection clause, prevents Donald Trump from being able to be on the ballot legally speaking. And that brings me to our next question. Our question comes from, uh, YouTube community member Rex, uh, Lucus 5 8 7 3. Who asks, how much power do states have to run their elections? I mean, if a state decides that Trump is ineligible under Amendment 14, section three, do they have the power to keep him off the ballot without Supreme Court interference? Uh, no. Like technically, yes, but also, no. Um, it's one of those weird stupid things because the way things work in this country is anytime anybody, whether it's me walking down the street or a state passing a law or making a declaration, every single thing can be appealed to the United States Supreme Court.

And once the Supreme Court makes their decision, there is literally nothing we can do. We would have to pass a constitutional amendment to change whether or not the court is able to do those things. And that is probably one of the most difficult tasks here in the United States. So if these states, which do have the autonomy under the United States Constitution to control how they run their elections in their states like that is 100% their power. So yes, they would, under the Constitution, have the authority to bar an individual like Donald Trump from being on their state ballot, right? It's our state. We make the decisions, I can do this. But then Trump would file a lawsuit, and then it would eventually go to the Supreme Court, and then that six three conservative majority would make the ultimate decision. So the question is, how would the Supreme Court rule, again, we got a six three conservative majority.

Half of that conservative majority was appointed by Donald Trump himself. Would they protect him? Would they let him twist in the wind and fall by the wayside? We don't know. I, we can obviously assume, which I think a lot of us do, that they would vote to protect Donald Trump. But at the same time, there are no guarantees because they know their jobs are technically not in danger. Right? I mean, they, they don't have to protect Trump. Yes, he, he put 'em there, but he can't, he can't punish 'em. You know, if you wanna put term limits on the Supreme Court, you actually have to have the constitutional amendment, which again, like, oh my God, it's almost impossible to do. So the Supreme Court is sitting pretty, which is why a guy like Clarence Thomas can be as corrupt

As he wants, and there's like literally nothing we can do. They're the, the top court of the land. So the states do have the authority, but Trump also has the ability to sue, to take it to the Supreme Court, where he would of course, be hoping that they would save him. I can't say for certain that they would, I definitely see how they could rule against him. But if ideology Trumps constitution, then Trump gets put back on those ballots and the states suddenly realize that those constitutional protections that they have really don't mean a thing with this conservative court.