During today's oral arguments at the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas asked whether Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is self-executing or if Congress would be required to enforce it. Other justices, including Ketanji Brown Jackson, Amy Coney Barrett, and John Roberts, questioned Trump's lawyer on various aspects of the insurrection clause and its application to disqualifying candidates from the ballot. Kavanaugh highlighted that Trump has not been charged with insurrection. Chief Justice Roberts expressed skepticism about allowing states to determine disqualification over insurrection, citing potential consequences for both parties. The discussions centered on the interpretation and enforcement of the 14th Amendment in relation to Trump's ballot eligibility and the Capitol attack of January 6, 2021.
Kavanaugh makes it clear: "President Trump has not been charged with insurrection." https://t.co/8tg1UEibAU
Brett Kavanaugh: "President Trump has not been charged with [insurrection]" https://t.co/ePI2tktXsy
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said that if Colorado's allowed to strike Donald Trump from its ballot, it could unleash a tit-for-tat where red states would respond by kicking President Joe Biden off their ballots. “That’s a pretty daunting consequence,” he said. Live…
Justice Kavanaugh: Trump could be prosecuted for insurrection in a court of law, but he hasn't been.
Justice Kavanaugh notes that there's a federal statute on the books for insurrection but Trump has not been charged with it.
Chief Justice Roberts signaled skepticism of Colorado voters’ argument that the 14th Amendment was intended to allow states to determine whether a candidate should be disqualified over insurrection. Follow live: https://t.co/5EmFcwchW3 https://t.co/UCCIFpudi6
Justice Kavanaugh pressed Trump's lawyer on whether a person could conceivably be prosecuted under the federal insurrection law and — if convicted — automatically barred from holding office. Trump's lawyer said generally, yes, but not in Trump’s case. https://t.co/ODM6gGTNje
Chief Justice John Roberts again -- for a second time -- asks tough questions of the Colorado lawyer attempting to disqualify Trump from the ballot, pointing out the way states can abuse the application of this precedent and elections could "come down to a handful of states…
Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson’s final question for Trump’s lawyer honed in on whether the former president concedes that the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack was an insurrection. Follow live: https://t.co/727dvE0M37 https://t.co/8tE3egHR7c
Tough questions from Chief Justice John Roberts to Colorado lawyers attempting to disqualify Trump from the ballot. Roberts challenges his view of state power in federal elections as seeming to be a position "at war with the whole thrust of the 14th Amendment" and "ahistorical."…
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson zeroed in on Trump’s argument that presidents are not an "officer of the United States" – the language used in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment in determining who can be disqualified for insurrection. Follow live: https://t.co/slGhrClqan https://t.co/J9ENA5kAMj
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pushes Trump’s lawyer (and gets him to admit that being an insurrectionist is not 'categorical'): "I'm trying to understand the distinction between the provision in the Constitution that relates to disqualification on the basis of insurrection…
Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett pressed Trump’s lawyer on why section three of the 14th Amendment itself did not preexempt the state’s ability to enforce the section against federal officers. Follow live: https://t.co/uFCMAtrkJs https://t.co/fXJbtHbRwN
Chief Justice John Roberts questioned Trump’s lawyer over whether election officials could deny candidates access to the ballot even if they admitted to being insurrectionists. Follow live: https://t.co/vGwukDTpKB https://t.co/DUGRjeGX6Y
NEW: In the first question to Trump’s lawyer, Justice Clarence Thomas asked whether the 14th Amendment is self-executing. Follow live: https://t.co/2g61c82gRy
SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas asked the first question in today's oral arguments over Trump's ballot eligibility: Is the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment self-executing or would Congress be required to enforce it? Live updates: https://t.co/rgxydnU1r6…
SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas asked the first question during today's oral arguments: Is Section 3 of the 14th Amendment — the insurrection clause — self-executing or would Congress be required to enforce it? Live updates: https://t.co/rgxydnU1r6 https://t.co/XLRolbMakD
Not only didn't Clarence Thomas refuse to recuse himself from the Colorado challenge. He makes a point to ask the first question during oral arguments -- to ask Trump's lawyer why the 14th Amendment is not self-executing.