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zataomm  4mo ago (text post)   5357 thread views

Colorado Supreme Court Thread

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I don't know to what extent there are established precedents for when a topic is worthy of a mega-thread, but this decision seems like a big deal to me with a lot to discuss, so I'm putting this thread here as a place for discussion. If nobody agrees then I guess they just won't comment.

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I'm not sure I fully understand the potential consequences for this decision - like, what are the odds that this decision will lead to some extremely bad outside side effects (like eg. armed protests, insurrections, civil war)?

I'm sketching this out, feel free to iron man, something like there are significant write-in ballots, they don't get counted, and as a consequence, the US sees organized armed revolt?

Maybe it's just me, but it seems like trying to prevent a populist candidate from running via technicalities is not the most effective option?

If there's something that is essentially a stolen election (e.g. no Republican on ballot in enough states to plausibly throw the election the other way, or different states putting different Republicans on the ballot, or states disregarding the popular vote and sending the other set of electors), very high. "You maniacs! You blew it up!"

If Trump is on the ballot, votes for him are counted in all states, and he loses, very low.

If Trump is banned nationwide and the Republicans choose someone else, and Trump being banned doesn't come about through some form of court-packing, and there's no major "Trump-Anyway" vote-split, very low (whoever wins).

If there's a "Trump-Anyway" vote-split, low.

If the court is packed to ban Trump, high to very high depending on method.

If Trump dies of natural causes and the Republicans pick someone else, very low (whoever wins).

If Trump wins... less confident about this one than the rest, due to having a poor finger on SJ's pulse these days, but I'll say low.

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