The court heard arguments about whether the former president’s attempts to subvert the 2020 election disqualify him from again holding office. Justices across the ideological spectrum questioned several aspects of a ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court.
This is always such a spurious argument; Republicans will do what they’re going to do regardless of precedent. There was no precedent for their attempt to throw out the results of last election but they did it anyway.
Exactly. Precedents only give them more ideas, but they’re perfectly capable of coming up with them on their own. Besides, if we keep worrying about how bodies of government doing their damn jobs to kepp the R’s in line will later be abused by republicans, then that’s just giving that full control to the republicans in a lot fewer steps