Colorado judge rules Trump 'engaged in insurrection' -- but can still run for president
We cannot count on the courts to protect us from TFG. We need to defeat TFG at the ballot box and not count on the courts/14th Amendment to save us from a TFG second term. If TFG is re-elected there will be no further elections
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https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/17/colorado-judge-rules-trump-engaged-in-insurrection-but-can-still-run-for-president-00127909
The ruling came in a case brought by progressive activists who sued the state, arguing that Trump was barred from returning to the office. A handful of courts in other states turned away similar challenges.
The case in Colorado was brought by the liberal government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. CREW argued that Trump is ineligible to run because of a clause in the 14th Amendment, which reads that those who took an oath to defend the Constitution and then have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof” are ineligible
The judge found that Trump did engage in an insurrection on January 6, 2021 “through incitement, and that the First Amendment does not protect Trump’s speech.” But she also found that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment doesn’t apply to Trump.
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These are the cowards who are paid with our tax dollars. Good grief. 
insurrectionist, a rapist, a fraudster, a cheater, a mobster...but still qualified for the Presidency? Scant comfort...judge really reached for that one. As long as you didn't pledge allegiance to the Constitution, you can do what you want. Gee, that makes sense. We need to change the oath of office that the President takes.
Chickenshit judiciary...and he's going to cheat at the polls, so we don't have a lot to look forward to in 2024. I'm still rooting for the prosecutors and judges, but no longer expecting anything.
Of all the things he did, the stealing of our nation's secrets, strewn about his toilets, stages, and floors, is the thing that angers me the most--not that creating an insurrection is a small thing. but I just find the betrayal stunning.
And, why didn't Ginny Thomas get named as a co-conspirator? That's a lapse in justice, too.
