{"id":215119,"date":"2024-03-04T16:19:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T20:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=215119"},"modified":"2024-03-04T16:21:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T20:21:41","slug":"congressional-khazarian-kingpin-goes-crazy-with-trump-derangement-syndrome-with-latest-leftist-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=215119","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Congressional Khazarian Kingpin Goes Crazy With Trump Derangement Syndrome As Latest Leftist Meltdown Demonstrates<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>House Dems Implode Over Supreme Court Decision; Raskin Crafting Legislation To Bar Trump From Ballot<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update (1400ET):\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Not satisfied to let the Supreme Court-enforced Democratic process play out,\u00a0<strong>House Democrats are now preparing legislation to try and keep Trump off the ballot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/latest_92%281%29.jpg?itok=qXccTZt2\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"bdfd345f-5207-4db5-865b-d41d1f1b4737\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) (we think? Not sure&#8230; Maybe not.)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Congress will have to try and act,&#8221; said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, in a comment to creepy deep state mouthpiece\u00a0<em>Axios<\/em>\u00a0(which swears the border is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1761320315324359134\">extra-secure!<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Raskin, a former member of the\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/12\/23\/january-6-committee-final-report\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/12\/23\/january-6-committee-final-report\" data-vars-content-id=\"964bedc3-bec9-441c-bdff-e7f25c508141\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-headline=\"Scoop: Top Democrat \u201cworking on\u201d bill responding to Trump ballot ruling\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" data-vars-link-text=\"Jan. 6 select committee\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\">Jan. 6 select committee<\/a>, said he is already crafting the bill, telling Axios,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m working on it \u2013 today.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Raskin pointed to\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/7906\/text?r=1&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/7906\/text?r=1&amp;s=1\" data-vars-content-id=\"964bedc3-bec9-441c-bdff-e7f25c508141\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-headline=\"Scoop: Top Democrat \u201cworking on\u201d bill responding to Trump ballot ruling\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" data-vars-link-text=\"legislation\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\">legislation<\/a>\u00a0he introduced with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) in 2022 creating a pathway for the Justice Department to sue to keep candidates off the ballot under the 14th Amendment.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>&#8220;We are going to revise it in light of the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision,&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0Raskin said. &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/04\/jamie-raskin-trump-ballot-ruling-supreme-court\">Axios<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t have a lot of hope that Speaker [Mike] Johnson will allow us to bring enforcement legislation to the floor, but we have to try and do it,&#8221; said Raskin, who said he&#8217;ll &#8216;beseech&#8217; Republicans to join the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Very Democratic, Jamie.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1764721448059326555&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fsupreme-court-rules-trump-remain-presidential-ballots&amp;sessionId=b6539e24960fc86c17ac714f70c821510df0350e&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1764721448059326555\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update (1320ET):\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Former President Trump has responded to the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling keeping him on the ballot in Colorado (and therefore, everywhere else).<\/p>\n<p>According to Trump, the decision was &#8220;very well crafted,&#8221; and &#8220;will go a long way toward bringing our country together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1764713848496423417&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fsupreme-court-rules-trump-remain-presidential-ballots&amp;sessionId=b6539e24960fc86c17ac714f70c821510df0350e&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1764713848496423417\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Trump also slammed Biden for &#8216;weaponizing&#8217; prosecutors against him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Biden&#8230; Fight your fight yourself. Don&#8217;t use prosecutors and judges to go after your opponent&#8230; our country is much bigger than that,&#8221; Trump said, speaking from Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" 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frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1764710675786428806\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>More:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" 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frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1764714110975910235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p><strong>The US Supreme Court has ruled in a\u00a0<u>unanimous<\/u>\u00a0decision that former President Donald Trump will be allowed to remain on primary and general ballots<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>in the 2024 US election<\/strong>, after several states removed the former president under the 14th Amendment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trump%20head%20face_2.jpg?itok=glEpu4y9\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trump%20head%20face_2.jpg?itok=glEpu4y9\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20head%20face_2.jpg?itok=glEpu4y9\" alt=\"\" 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frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1764667557376663564\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The decision comes after several states &#8211; kicked off by the Colorado Supreme Court &#8211; ruled that Trump was disqualified from appearing on ballots, citing an interpretation of the US Constitution&#8217;s 14th Amendment provision which stipulates that candidates who engaged in an \u201cinsurrection or rebellion\u201d against the United States &#8211; which Trump has not been charged with or convicted of &#8211; should be prevented from holding office.<\/p>\n<p>Maine\u2019s Democratic secretary of state made a similar decision days later, and a judge in Illinois recently issued a similar ruling to prevent his appearance on ballots<em>,\u00a0<\/em>according to the\u00a0<em>Epoch Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This is the\u00a0<strong>first time in US history that the US Supreme Court\u00a0<\/strong><strong>has considered section 3 of the 14th Amendment<\/strong>. The decision comes after a Sunday announcement that the Court would come to a decision today.<\/p>\n<p>And of course,\u00a0<strong>the left is now trying to discredit the Supreme Court<\/strong>\u00a0despite the fact that this was a unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-5\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" 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frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1764673937726697486\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>CNN<\/em>\u00a0isn&#8217;t taking it so well&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-7\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" 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frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1764686616805908867\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Nor is Colorado&#8217;s Secretary of State&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-8\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" 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frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1764707337900622177\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/us-supreme-court-ruling-on-trump-ballot-case-could-come-monday-5599591?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge\"><em>Epoch Times<\/em><\/a>\u00a0notes further, Lawyers for the former president asked the nine justices to reverse the Colorado court decision because only Congress can make a determination as who can become president.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Colorado court\u2019s decision was \u201cthe first time in the history of the United States that the judiciary has prevented voters from casting ballots for the leading major-party presidential candidate,\u201d his lawyers said, concluding that it \u201cis not and cannot be correct.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the ruling, President Trump wrote on social media that he is \u201cnot an insurrectionist,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/111619029800271297\">adding<\/a>\u00a0that President Joe Biden is one. He also noted that he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/what-trump-said-to-supporters-on-jan-6-before-their-capitol-riot-11610498173\">told<\/a>\u00a0supporters to protest \u201cpeacefully and patriotically\u201d during a rally on Jan. 6, 2021, before protesters and rioters entered the U.S. Capitol during the certification of electoral votes for the 2020 election, which forms the basis of the \u201cinsurrection\u201d accusations against him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justices for the Colorado Supreme Court had argued that they believed President Trump engaged in an insurrection because of his activity before and on Jan. 6, 2021<\/strong>, during the breach of the U.S. Capitol building. The former president, however, was never charged or convicted of insurrection. He was charged by a federal special counsel in connection with the 2020 election, but not for insurrection, rebellion, or related charges.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cPresident Trump asks us to hold that Section Three disqualifies every oath-breaking insurrectionist except the most powerful one and that it bars oath-breakers from virtually every office, both state and federal, except the highest one in the land,\u201d the majority for the Colorado Supreme Court wrote in its 4\u20133 ruling.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBoth results are inconsistent with the plain language and history of Section Three.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Oral Arguments<\/h2>\n<p>During oral arguments in front of the justices in early February,\u00a0<strong>at least six of the justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, who was nominated by President George W. Bush,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/supreme-court-chief-justice-roberts-warns-of-daunting-consequences-of-trump-ballot-ban-5584046\">appeared<\/a>\u00a0to be at least skeptical of some of the claims made by the lawyer representing several Colorado voters\u00a0<\/strong>who brought the lawsuit against the Republican front-runner.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt\u2019ll come down to just a handful of states that are going to decide the presidential election,\u201d Chief Justice Roberts said, referring to the potential effect of the Colorado court\u2019s ruling.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat\u2019s a pretty daunting consequence.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Justice Clarence Thomas asked the lawyer, Jason Murray, why there weren\u2019t many examples of individual states\u2019 disqualifying candidates under the 14th Amendment after the Civil War.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThere were a plethora of confederates still around, there were any number of people who would continue to either run for state offices or national offices, so it would seem\u2014that would suggest there would at least be a few examples of national candidates being disqualified,\u201d Justice Thomas, a Bush appointee, said.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Justice Elena Kagan, considered a member of the court\u2019s liberal wing, asked the attorney why one state would have power to determine which candidates should be on the ballot for a nationwide election.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cWhy should a single state have the ability to make this determination not only for their own citizens but also for the nation?\u201d she asked the attorney, adding the move would be \u201cquite extraordinary.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/supreme-court-rules-trump-remain-presidential-ballots\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/supreme-court-rules-trump-remain-presidential-ballots<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Dems Implode Over Supreme Court Decision; Raskin Crafting Legislation To Bar Trump From Ballot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=215119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=215119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=215119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=215119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}