one of the strangest things about this piece if you read it is that it takes for granted the idea that trumpās election somehow represented the public will. it also rests on the idea that trump did not try to overturn the results of the previous election through illegal & extra-constitutional means
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OPINION | The Supreme Court Should Overturn the Colorado Ruling Unanimously
[HIGHLIGHTING BEGINS] The truth is that this country has to be allowed to save itself. [HIGHLIGHTING ENDS] The Supreme Court must act, but only to place the burden on Mr. Trumpās political opponents to make their case in the political arena. Not just to criticize him for his turpitude, but to argue that their own policies benefit the disaffected voters who side with a charlatan again and again.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:lyspo2bgxpznqtug5ir2q33g/bafkreicvfjvfqhpqgyoqrw3euqv5gbde54gbmi7f7whvxwwbetvhscezay@jpeg)
Thereās a bizarre moral shaming here, where America has to repeatedly reject an already unpopular authoritarian despite a famously byzantine electoral system that keeps electing Presidents with a minority of voter support, or it gets fascism. Itās like Russian roulette with only one chamber empty.
Trump only won in 2016 because the antidemocratic nature of the constitution overruled the publicās choice, but for some reason that rarely gets mentioned.
Especially curious since he lost the popular vote!
It ignores the fact that Trump will never accept the election results that go against him and will use every power and person he has to try and change the results again
It also implicitly states that an amendment wasn't constitutionally agreed upon. Like if everyone just thought it was a good idea we could elect a 21 y/o French exchange student as president.
The American people never wanted Donald Trump to be president. Not even in 2016. Too many people lose sight of this.
More Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than any other losing presidential candidate in US history.
the holy and sacred election of 2016 represented a unique and sacred expression of the True Popular Will, which cannot be impugned by mere remoaners or Democrats
Itās so insane, they bounced right back to āthe voters should decideā immediately after a protracted and frequently illegal campaign to make sure the voters DIDNāT decide! Maybe the most absurd memoryholing Iāve ever seen, in a crowded field.
He broke it, you bought it.