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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said that while he didn’t want to do it, he had to remind people of how “severe” the situation is.

A top Republican official in Missouri is threatening to remove President Joe Biden from appearing on the ballot as retaliation for the determination in two other states that Donald Trump doesn't qualify because he "engaged in insurrection."

"What has happened in Colorado & Maine is disgraceful & undermines our republic," Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wrote on the social media site X on Friday. "While I expect the Supreme Court to overturn this, if not, Secretaries of State will step in & ensure the new legal standard for @realDonaldTrump applies equally to @JoeBiden!"

Ashcroft's post came shortly after the Supreme Court agreed to review a decision by Colorado's high court that found Trump could be barred from the state's primary ballot because of his actions leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago

Why are the comments here acting like the SCOTUS stands for anything but toeing Republican line? The court is more stacked than it has been for decades and these people will gladly sell-out the Constitution to score political power for Republicans.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Pretty sure three of them literally got their positions in return for their work on the Bush v. Gore case in 2000 that led to the first GW Bush Presidency.

John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett all worked for the Bush campaign on that case.

People have been lying to themselves about this one for a long time. Roberts is chief justice, and Bush elevated him there in 2005. It's just become much more egregious and mask-off since then because they're pretty damned sure the public can't actually do anything about it so they've stopped giving a shit about pretending.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

They didn't let Trump argue his election lies. Sometimes they can surprise you.

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My impression is they still know they must feign being apolitical and letting Trump argue election lies would be so far removed from reality that they know everything would change after that.

Whereas this case means all they need to say is, "let the voters decide" and the enlightened centrists, even some of the left, will nod their heads in agreement or just quietly bicker.

[-] fleabomber@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Because of their own self-interest and protecting judiciary power for themselves?

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