2024 US Presidential Election

[Nanny]

You mean Bevis?

[Thumpalumpacus]

You mean Bevis?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congres...-rcna70839

[Thumpalumpacus]

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a long-shot bid to disqualify former President Trump from running for office under the 14th Amendment.

John Castro, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, has filed various lawsuits seeking to challenge Trump’s eligibility under the amendment’s provision targeting those involved in insurrections.

In a brief, unsigned order issued Monday, the justices declined to take up one of his cases after Castro lost in a lower court.

“The Supreme Court can deny to hear the case but appellate courts cannot,” Castro responded on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

“I’m still pursuing decisions in the liberal appellate courts and there’s a full blown trial scheduled for October 20 in New Hampshire and a bench trial in Arizona on October 31,” he added.

Beyond Castro’s cases, various other lawsuits have been launched against Trump under the 14th Amendment, which states no person shall hold elected office who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the United States.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a lawsuit in Colorado on behalf of a group of voters there, and similar lawsuits are ongoing in places including Minnesota and Michigan.

Legal experts have been split as to whether the 14th Amendment can be applied to Trump over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-bat...ify-trump/

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

^I don’t fancy the chances.

Boru

[Pat Mustard]

A third party candidate from, say, the Green Party helps Trump.
If the GOP were to grow some integrity and somehow not nominate Trump, Trump runs as a 3rd party and blows up the GOP.

The former is more likely than the latter. We are doomed,

The most likely third party candidate atm, RFK Jnr, is most likely to hurt Trump as he is now an almost exact mirror of Trump.

[Nanny]

I hope GUBU's right. Just feeling the dread of this upcoming year.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I hope GUBU's right.  Just feeling the dread of this upcoming year.

As long as US democrats turn out and vote, third parties won’t matter. Dems are the (much) larger party and Trump’s support among Republicans continues to erode.

Boru

[Silver]

But I do not want to get out there and vote. It is like, Ugh, again really?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

But I do not want to get out there and vote. It is like, Ugh, again really?

Democrats who don’t vote elect Republicans.

Boru

[Thumpalumpacus]

But I do not want to get out there and vote. It is like, Ugh, again really?

You're gay, your rights are under assault, and you don't want to vote? It's too much work?

Why should anyone else be concerned about defending your rights if you yourself find that such a bother? Pathetic.