During Supreme Court arguments, Justices Kagan and Kavanaugh expressed concerns about individual states deciding a federal candidate's eligibility for the national ballot. Justice Kagan questioned why a single state should determine the presidential candidacy for the entire nation, while Justice Kavanaugh emphasized the potential disenfranchisement of voters if Trump were removed from the ballot.
Justice Kavanaugh: Democrat Attempt To Disenfranchise Trump Voters Sounds Awfully Anti-Democratic. https://t.co/HMoYXRqRBL
Justice Elena Kagan suggested some discomfort with the idea of individual states interpreting a candidate’s constitutional eligibility for a national office. Follow for live Supreme Court updates: https://t.co/pUvN6mruuF https://t.co/aTCUxO7KmW
JUSTICE KAGAN: “Why should a single state have the ability to make this determination not only for their own citizens but for the rest of the nation?” https://t.co/bo0S4rLaOf
KAGAN: “Why should a single state have the ability to make this determination not only for their own citizens but for the rest of the nation?" https://t.co/9IqLNZ4kfg
Brett Kavanaugh Asks Lawyer Arguing for Trump Ballot Ban If 'Disenfranchising Voters' Is Anti-Democracy https://t.co/4pStRxV87w
Even Justice Kagan isn't buying it: "I think that the question you have to confront is why a single state should decide who gets to be President of the United States." https://t.co/3zajAZGmaO
Brett Kavanaugh expressed concern that keeping Trump off the ballot could be a threat to democracy and disenfranchise voters. Follow live: https://t.co/zSbJSwmin1 https://t.co/1dSh1uGXAn
Kagan even pointing out that one state can't decide who other states are allowed to vote for in a national election, calls it 'extraordinary'
Justice Kavanaugh says taking Donald Trump off the ballot "would disenfranchise voters to a significant degree."
Justice Elena Kagan suggested during arguments that the 14th Amendment should be decided nationally and not by one state court’s decision. Follow live: https://t.co/LKv0RROHN8 https://t.co/ooBUr3y2QJ
Justice Kagan sounds ready to keep Trump on the ballot. She says kicking a federal candidate off the ballot state by state "sounds awfully national." She says it "seems quite extraordinary" to let Colorado's secretary of state decide whether someone can be president.