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Best I can figure, the way this plays out: Allowing him on the ballot may cause a constitutional crisis. If he wins or is kept off the ballot it does cause a constitutional crisis. Conservatives want a constitutional crisis.
And, this is what happens when we allow right-wing fascists a platform. They use it one way or another to fuck everything up for everyone. That coupled with the way the Supreme Court nomination process has been undermined for the past 9 years, and the complete theft of the Judicial Branch, sure looks like a failed state BINGO just waiting to happen. Just have to hope he loses, I guess.
How does keeping him off the ballot cause a constitutional crisis? That's exactly what the insurrection clause of the 14th amendment is for. The only constitutional crisis I could see arising from that is if Trump sues a state that kept him off the ballot, it goes to the Supreme Court and they rule in favor of Trump, directly contradicting the 14th amendment. That would cause a constitutional crisis, but it would be with the Supreme Court superceding the Constitution, not around the election itself.
Exactly. In my opinion they've rigged this in the hopes of causing a crisis 3 ways out of 4 because that's what they want. Or, at least, what they thought they wanted. Gets pretty hard to say what will happen when/if it becomes that much of a mess. Maybe the Supreme Court won't go through with it.