More: The Supremes have granted Trumpilini certiorari to hear the Colorado case banning him from that state's primary ballot. Oral arguments are scheduled for February.
In a previous post, TWIT: Fifth Avenue, US Person posed a question of fundamental political importance: Can the people elect a neo-fascist dictator President of the United States under its Constitution? The question is not just idle speculation; the Trumpians have posed an argument in their defense of Der Leader in the affirmative. US Person wishes to say: NOT!
Careful readers should refer to Article IV, Section 4 of their Constitution of the United States, sort of our "little red book" if you will. There you will find the following language; "The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a Republican Form of Government [emphasis added]. As a thought experiment only, let us say Trumpillini wins a close Electoral College victory in 2024. That means he may not even have won the popular vote count, a situation that has happened too often in US history (5 times). There would be states of the Union won by his democratic opponent, Joe Biden.
Upon his oath of office--"day one"--Don 'Legit' begins firing thousand of civil servants deemed disloyal, replacing them with hand-picked minions; imposes personal loyalty oaths for Executive offices; disbands the FBI; pardons convicted insurrectionists; declares martial law; sends US troops to the southern boarder to enforce immigration laws; and rules by administrative fiat which defies Congress, among other actions he promises to take. He has already given aid and comfort to insurrectionists as part of his autogolpe against the constitutional transfer of power. Hardly a republican form of government! This situation is exactly why the Founders put that little used section into the Constitution--to prevent the rise of autocracy, which in their day was embodied by the British monarchy. Today, it is embodied by an unscurpulous and manipulative demagogue whose favorite read is apparently Mein Kampf.
Those states voting for the democratic opponent would be deprived of republican government guaranteed them by the charter. QED, the people cannot validly elect a dictatorship regardless of what the MAGAists claim in their increasingly desperate attempts to rescue Don Legit from long-awaited accountability for his crimes. Hopefully the Supreme Court "originalists" will take their legal philosophy seriously, and pay attention to all the literal language and historical context of the Constitution.
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