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Minsk_trust , 7 months ago to news in Trump Can Stay on G.O.P. Primary Ballot in Michigan, Judge Rules

Michael Luttig (via The Guardian)- “The former president is disqualified from holding the presidency again because he engaged in an insurrection or rebellion against the constitution of the United States when he attempted to remain in power, notwithstanding that the American people had voted to confer the power of the presidency upon Joe Biden.

“That constituted a rebellion against the executive vesting clause of the constitution, which limits the term of the president to four years unless he is re-elected by the American people. I cannot even begin to tell you how that is literally the most important two sentences in America today.”

Luttig draws a fine but important legal distinction between a rebellion against the constitution, as described by the 14th amendment section 3, and rebellion against the United States. He claims that groups that filed lawsuits in Colorado and elsewhere to bar Trump from the ballot are confused on this issue.

“They do not yet understand what disqualifies the former president, namely an insurrection or rebellion against the constitution. They have argued the cases as if he is disqualified because he engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States.

“That’s why they have, unfortunately, focused their efforts on establishing or not that the former president was responsible for the riot on the Capitol. The riot on the Capitol is incidental to the question of whether he engaged in a rebellion against the constitution.”

But he adds: “All of these cases – and there’ll be others in the states – is the constitutional process by which the American people decide whether the former president is disqualified from the presidency in 2024. All of these cases are going to roll up to the supreme court of the United States and it will be decided by the supreme court whether Donald Trump is disqualified.”

Minsk_trust , 10 months ago to news in Jimmy Buffett, legendary 'Margaritaville' singer, dies at 76

He was forbes 16th richest celeb. 550 million net worth.

Minsk_trust , 11 months ago to technology in Nematode resurrected from Siberian permafrost laid dormant for 46,000 years

My first thought too

Minsk_trust , 1 year ago to til in TIL that 80s child actress Judith Barsi made so much money by 4th grade, her family bought a house in West Hills. She died at age 10 when her father killed the entire family. Her final films, “The ...

Well that was a fucked up read with my breakfast. Definitely some common threads with the I’m Glad My Mother Is Dead book if anybody is into hearing more about what it’s like to grow up in Hollywood.