SCOTUS Showdown: Colorado's Attorney Claims Trump Poses Dire Threat To Democracy, Need Urgent Measures To 'Safeguard' Voters

Written By BlabberBuzz | Friday, 09 February 2024 08:30 PM
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SCOTUS Showdown: Colorado's Attorney Claims Trump Poses Dire Threat To Democracy, Need Urgent Measures To 'Safeguard' Voters

In a recent hearing before the US Supreme Court, Jason Murray, representing the Colorado Supreme Court, asserted the state's authority to exclude a candidate from the presidential ballot.

This assertion was challenged by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who questioned the democratic implications of such a decision.

Justice Kavanaugh probed, "What about the idea that we should think about democracy? What do you think about the right of the people to elect candidates of their choice, of letting the people decide that. Because your position has the effect of disenfranchising voters to a significant degree, and should that be something? Does that come in when we think about, should we read Section 3 this way, or read it that way. What about the background principle, if you agree, of democracy?"

In response, Murray outlined three key points. "The first is that constitutional safeguards are for the purpose of safeguarding our democracy, not just for the next election cycle, but for generations to come. And second, Section 3 is designed to protect our democracy in that very way. The framers of Section 3 knew from painful experience that those who had violently broken their oaths to the Constitution couldn't be trusted to hold power again because they could dismantle our constitutional democracy from within. And so they created a democratic safety valve."

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Murray further explained that the Constitution provides a mechanism for individuals like President Trump to seek amnesty. "President Trump can go ask Congress to give them amnesty by two-thirds vote," he stated, "but unless he does that, our Constitution protects us from insurrectionists."

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Finally, Murray emphasized the potential dangers of not adhering to Section 3 as it is written. "And third, this case illustrates the danger of refusing to apply Section 3 as written, because the reason we're here is that President Trump tried to disenfranchise 80 million Americans who voted against him, and the Constitution doesn't require that you be given another chance."

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