Well, well, well. The US Supreme Court has remained mightily quiet in the days since the Colorado state supreme court ruled Donald Trump ineligible for the presidency via the 14th Amendment disqualification for “insurrection.” Almost everyone expects them to determine the legitimacy of a civil judicial finding of insurrection, but thus far have done nothing to indicate they will even take up the question.
Michigan’s state supreme court may force them into action. Today, the court rejected appeals by plaintiffs to get a civil trial to determine Trump’s status, sticking with the lower court’s ruling that this poses a “political question” rather than a legal question in the absence of a conviction:
With these dueling decisions, the expected appeals to the US Supreme Court become even more critical, especially as the nation races toward the start of the 2024 primaries….
