The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Thursday over whether or not Donald Trump should be removed from the ballot, as both the plain language and rich history of the 14th Amendment undeniably show is legally required. If the Supreme Court rules for Trump, it will be strictly due to their thorough corruption and politicization. As Vox's legal reporter Ian Millhiser argues, the arguments for keeping Trump on the ballot are "embarrassingly weak." Anyone who doubts this should re-read the Constitution, which couldn't be clearer: Anyone who has "previously taken an oath" of office and then "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" cannot run again.
In the face of bulletproof legal reasoning against Trump, many of the nervous nellies who don't want to see the law followed have shifted tactics, warning that following the Constitution is simply too dangerous because MAGA-Americans will have a tantrum over it. On Monday, Politico published an expert round-up with headlines that made it seem like the threat of violence is simply too great to go forward with enforcing the law. "Mass far-right protests involving gun-toting vigilantes," warns one dire pullquote. "'National divorce' would gain new momentum," blares another. "Trigger serial, overlapping waves of resistance," threatens yet another.
