My colleague Ward Clark wrote earlier Thursday about the tough questioning the Supreme Court Justices gave to lawyers arguing that former President Donald Trump should be kept off the ballot in Colorado because they say he violated the 14th Amendment by participating or inciting an “insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021.
Trump has not been charged with or convicted of insurrection.
Surprisingly, even liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared doubtful about the merits of Colorado’s case:
Trump 14th Amendment Case at Supreme Court: Justices Signal Skepticism Over Colorado Ruling
Later in the day, conservative justices also weighed in, and their questions appeared to indicate that they would side with the former president in this case. Of course, court watchers have been fooled before, but the justices sounded awfully dubious.
Brett Kavanaugh got straight to the…
