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Litman: For the second time in days, the Supreme Court helped make another Trump presidency possible
The justices reversed a Colorado decision disqualifying the ex-president from the ballot under the 14th Amendment. The court is also holding up his Jan. 6 prosecution.
The justices will hear arguments in the federal Jan. 6 case, delaying the ex-president’s prosecution for months as his campaign to return to the White House proceeds.
Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which reversed abortion rights under Roe vs. Wade, laid the groundwork for further denial of individual liberty on religious grounds.
Judge Arthur Engoron ordered the ex-president to pay over $350 million in penalties and barred him from doing business in the state. It’s a huge blow to his puffed-up brand.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals resoundingly rejected the ex-president’s claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss.
In considering Colorado’s removal of the ex-president from the ballot under the 14th Amendment, the justices face a pile of heated but contradictory arguments.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s standoff with the Border Patrol is lawless and dangerous. In contrast to the civil rights era, Trump-appointed judges are enabling him.
The justices may want to reverse the Colorado decision disqualifying the former president for insurrection under the 14th Amendment, but it won’t be easy.
The former president’s disqualification for insurrection under the 14th Amendment in Colorado threatens to make a mess the justices will likely try to avoid.
An amicus brief from the group American Oversight argues persuasively that the former president’s immunity claim doesn’t qualify for immediate appeal.
