{"id":2192243,"date":"2024-03-04T15:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T20:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-ruling-on-trump-ballot-access-destroys-credibility-of-medias-legal-experts\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T15:54:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T20:54:33","slug":"scotus-ruling-on-trump-ballot-access-destroys-credibility-of-medias-legal-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-ruling-on-trump-ballot-access-destroys-credibility-of-medias-legal-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS ruling on Trump ballot access undermines media&#8217;s legal &#8216;experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscotus-ruling-on-trump-ballot-access-destroys-credibility-of-medias-legal-experts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2192243&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>The U.S. \u2063Supreme Court&#8217;s Unanimous Ruling on Trump&#8217;s Presidential Ballot<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a groundbreaking ruling on Monday, unanimously declaring that states lack\u200b the constitutional authority to remove \u2062former\u200c President \u200dDonald\u2063 Trump from the presidential ballot. This decision puts to\u2064 rest the opinions \u200dof \u2064so-called &#8220;legal experts&#8221; who argued \u200cotherwise.<\/p>\n<h3>The Colorado Supreme\u200d Court&#8217;s Initial Decision<\/h3>\n<p>In December 2023, the Colorado Supreme \u200dCourt ruled that\u200b Democrats could exclude Trump from the \u2063Centennial State&#8217;s 2024 primary ballot. Trump appealed this decision, leading to the case reaching the \u2062highest \u2064court in \u200cthe land.\u200b Corporate media pundits spent months\u2062 debating\u200b whether the Supreme Court had the power \u2064to\u200c override the will of voters and uphold the Colorado ruling.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rachel Maddow reacts to Trump getting kicked off the Colorado ballot and where this is heading.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the Supreme Court were to affirm this ruling, he\u200c could\u200c be disqualified\u2062 not just in Colorado but in multiple states. \u200bSo, the \u200cstakes could not be higher.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DhiXoL91JL\">pic.twitter.com\/DhiXoL91JL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MSNBC (@MSNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC\/status\/1737271726218608932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>David French, a self-proclaimed &#8220;principled conservative,&#8221; argued in a New York Times opinion article that &#8220;The Case for Disqualifying \u200dTrump Is Strong.&#8221; French&#8217;s viewpoint was echoed by various corporate media outlets, including The Atlantic, The New Republic, The Intelligencer, and MSNBC.<\/p>\n<h3>Legal Analysis and Support for the \u2064Colorado\u200b Supreme Court&#8217;s Decision<\/h3>\n<p>Harvard legal scholar Laurence\u2062 Tribe amplified an article from\u200d the New York Review, calling it a &#8220;devastating demonstration of how disgracefully \u200ddumb and anti-democratic the pundits&#8217; \u200bcase \u2064for keeping Trump on\u2064 the ballot in democracy&#8217;s\u2062 name truly is.&#8221; Former federal judge J. Michael \u200dLuttig \u200cpraised Colorado&#8217;s move as a &#8220;masterful&#8221; interpretation of\u2063 the 14th Amendment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"LdNociqzbWVxy3Sgp2QlhMFa98GZO\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today is the 155th anniversary of the ratification of the 14th Amendment. <\/p>\n<p>Section 3 of the\u2064 14th \u2063Amendment clearly states that anyone who has engaged in insurrection\u200d against the United States\u2064 can never hold public office again.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, that includes Donald Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cfLBpvDxs6\">pic.twitter.com\/cfLBpvDxs6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Reich\u200d (@RBReich)\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RBReich\/status\/1678044658222473218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Other notable figures, such as George Conway III,\u200b Brian Beutler, Tristan Snell, and Robert Reich, expressed support for the Colorado Supreme \u200dCourt&#8217;s decision, emphasizing its legal soundness.<\/p>\n<h3>Reactions and \u200dCriticisms<\/h3>\n<p>Even after the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling, supporters \u2064of the decision in blue states refused to \u200dconcede defeat. They criticized\u2062 the &#8220;final \u2063arbiter of \u2062the law&#8221; for not further aiding their efforts to undermine U.S. rule of law.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"vXbZjN1TTe7g8woxt19iEPzfVgLk8ioRnF3hyYS6JhrYH3B7ycDCVaMCw6B95MeWl2kHLxO0t4lPj2IubcvNdKQGnmAFrQ\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold looks\u200b like she&#8217;s about to cry on MSNBC:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will be up to the American voters to save \u200bour democracy.&#8221; <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7BkeBMBPWY\">pic.twitter.com\/7BkeBMBPWY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11)\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1764707337900622177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"TdznAtxM3P5C7krZsd8umh6hX9LBoGaVZwwIqetHr3IROLAcOpk6EHnqozM2e0Riu\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MSNBC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonnaFEdwards?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DonnaFEdwards<\/a>: &#8220;Not since Bush v. Gore have we seen a Court that&#8217;s had this many opportunities to interfere in the election&#8221;\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GcabhUpkKh\">pic.twitter.com\/GcabhUpkKh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1764686105180299357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>CNN\u200c &#8220;legal scholar&#8221; Norm Eisen suggested\u200c that because the Supreme Court did \u2062not explicitly challenge Trump&#8217;s classification as an insurrectionist, the case for disqualifying \u2062him from future public \u2063office remains alive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the claims of &#8220;legal experts&#8221; and affirmed that states lack the constitutional power to exclude former President Donald Trump from the presidential ballot. 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