Precisely as I had repeatedly predicted. The only surprise here, and it’s only a mild surprise, is that the court ruled unanimously against Colorado in its attempt to disqualify Donald Trump over his supposed status as an insurrectionist. The nine justices took this so seriously, in fact, that it issued the decision per curiam. Even the concurrences simply amplify the arguments in the ruling, although the liberal wing’s concurrence takes exception to their scope.
In other words, the nine justices want to make sure this lesson in constitutional law sticks, and that the decision in Trump v Anderson offers no purchase for any more nutty theories about the 14th Amendment. And even more as expected, none of the justices offered any opinion on Trump, his actions on January 6, or his status as an alleged “insurrectionist” … because that was unnecessary.
As I also predicted, the court…
