return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agoIllinois judge rules Donald Trump is disqualified from the state's 2024 election ballotwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1818arrow-down125
arrow-up1793arrow-down1external-linkIllinois judge rules Donald Trump is disqualified from the state's 2024 election ballotwww.usatoday.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square136fedilink
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoInsurrection has a legal definition, and that’s the definition that counts. Judges are the ones responsible for deciding whether a legal definition applies, and so far all those involved said it does.
minus-squareCableMonster@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoDo you see the issue with one judge or a couple judges deciding who get to run for office at their whim?
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoJudges already do a lot more than that, they have the power to decide who lives and dies.
Insurrection has a legal definition, and that’s the definition that counts.
Judges are the ones responsible for deciding whether a legal definition applies, and so far all those involved said it does.
Do you see the issue with one judge or a couple judges deciding who get to run for office at their whim?
Judges already do a lot more than that, they have the power to decide who lives and dies.