California Democrats Attack Democracy Over Trump Eligibility

Published on December 24, 2023

Commentary I suspect the U.S. Supreme Court is going to throw out the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that President Trump is ineligible to be on its March 5 Republican primary ballot, allegedly because he led an “insurrection.” Even the Washington Post editorialized against it in, “Should courts throw Trump off the ballot? Not so fast.” Yet now we have California Democrats trying to do the same thing here. State Sen. Dave Min (D-Irvine), who is running for the U.S. Congress, announced Dec. 20 on Instagram: “I’ll be introducing a bill next year allowing CA residents to sue to remove ineligible candidates from the ballot, so I know a little something about the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision determining that Trump is ineligible to be President. My thoughts here, including why this decision could have impacts far beyond CO.”...