Well, quite, and their personal beliefs could be said to follow whatever nonsense Trump is spewing out at any one time. In any case, would any of them countenance facing the fury and death threats that would follow should they rule against Trump? If the innocuous Mike Pence could attract such threats by merely refusing to declare Trump won last time, imagine the reaction to this.
Given that he appointed three of the justices and Biden appointed one, that'll be an interesting argument to make.
Since when did Trump (or his avid supporters) worry about logical argument?
True. But the faithful (on either side) believe what they already believe, it's the moderates and undecideds that need to be convinced, because they're the ones who make the difference.
The law sets out certain requirements as to who can stand for election. Either all of these requirements must be observed, or none. Should voters also be able to vote for someone who was not born in the USA and is under 35? If yes, the law has to be changed, not ignored.
But, he needs to meet the requirements in order to be eligible to stand as a candidate.
She didn't just decide to exclude him on a whim. Maine law required that she conduct a hearing as a result of objections raised by voters. There were two challenges raised: that his claim to have won the 2020 election made him ineligible due to term limits, and that the 14th Amendment amendment made him ineligible. The first challenge was rejected, but the second one was upheld since, as with the Colorado supreme court decision, it was taken as a matter of fact (rather than opinion) that he has given - and continues to give - aid and comfort to people who have been convicted of Sedition. The only question is if they were engaged in an insurrection - and a number of courts have said that they were.
What the Maine SoS has done, however, is to suspend implementation of her ruling until the Trumpist appeal to the Maine Supreme Court has been heard - which seems fair. The problem is that the larger the number of Democratic states that disqualify him, the bigger the splash it will make when the US Supreme Court rules in his favour (as it surely will). He will say that it proves his innocence and that of his supporters on all charges linked to the 6th January 2021 attack, and proves that it's all a Democratic plot to keep him from the presidency that is rightfully his.
I'm less convinced that it will. As I noted above, appointments to the Court are for life so Trump has nothing he can hold over them now. In fact, it's in their best interests that Trump fades from view as soon as possible since they know that loyalty only goes one way in Trump-land.
Does he need to rely on personal loyalty? Or just know that from previous decisions (e.g. the overturning of Roe v. Wade) that the majority would likely interpret in a suitably narrow fashion where he would win. For example, Trump hasn’t actually been convicted of insurrection by a court, so ruling that it makes him ineligible could be considered premature.
After his candidates lied at the hearings to obtain the appointment and the following bribery scandals, questions about the integrity of the court can and should be asked.
He doesn't need to be. He only needs to have "given aid and comfort" to those who did.
I doubt they would be motivated much by personal loyalty to Trump. But remember that they were picked for their ultra-conservative views and they will regard boosting the chances of a Republican being returned in 2024 as the right thing to do. If Trump is more likely than others to defeat Biden, then find an argument for keeping him as a candidate. I hope I am wrong - I think! If he is prevented from standing, will Trump call his army out onto the streets to fight the Democrat oppressors?
2029!? What on earth happens between now and then to throw the Presidential election cycle out by a year?! Also could you check next weeks lottery numbers for me?
LOL. Typo, now corrected.
Is there anything left now of the Republican Party that is not made up of Trump synpathisers?
They've either gone full MAGA, dabbled with the Never Trump movement or just retired / gone onto other things. The lunatic genie has been released from the bottle and the GOP as-was is unlikely to be resuscitated. I feel there are some very dark days ahead for American politics and the country in general.
The trouble is that among the "lunatics" and full-on conspiracy theorists, there are some otherwise moderately sensible people (people who don't believe the whole electoral fraud nonsense) who simply believe that all politicians are bad but Trump isn't a politician, he's just funny and charismatic (the same type who voted for Boris).
I think there is but the remainder are cowards who are too scared of their own base to actually say anything and certainly not do anything. I have a feeling that a reasonable (if not majority) of the current batch sitting in the House of Representatives and the Senate would love nothing more than for Trump to go away and never darken their door again so they can get back to usual. But they dare not say anything out of turn because they value their position and the influence and stature it brings far more than they value the damage to their country (and potentially the world) remaining silent could bring.
Unlikely. None of them are really popular with his base.
