{"id":6564,"date":"2024-03-04T18:06:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T18:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/04\/trump-aligned-lawmakers-celebrate-unanimous-supreme-court-ballot-ruling\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T18:06:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T18:06:56","slug":"trump-aligned-lawmakers-celebrate-unanimous-supreme-court-ballot-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/04\/trump-aligned-lawmakers-celebrate-unanimous-supreme-court-ballot-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-aligned lawmakers celebrate unanimous Supreme Court ballot ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Trump-supporting lawmakers celebrated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/judiciary\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court&#8217;s<\/a> unanimous decision Monday to reject the state of Colorado&#8217;s attempt to keep the former president off their presidential ballot, citing the 14th Amendment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All nine justices, appointed by Democratic and Republican presidents, agreed that states lack the authority &#8220;under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency.&#8221; However, they may do so in regard to state office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The right decision. Glad to see the Supreme Court stand up to the extreme left\u2019s attempts to undermine our democracy,&#8221; said Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., in a post to X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court-rules-unanimously-for-trump-in-colorado-ballot-disqualification-dispute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SUPREME COURT RULES UNANIMOUSLY FOR TRUMP IN COLORADO BALLOT DISQUALIFICATION DISPUTE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, called the decision a &#8220;Big win for common sense and democracy!&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., also cheered the decision, writing on X, &#8220;Grateful that SCOTUS blocked Democrats from unconstitutionally attempting to remove @realDonaldTrump from the ballot. President Trump is the choice of the American people!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;9-0. The commies will have to find other ways to &#8220;defend democracy&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MAGA?src=hashtag_click\">#MAGA<\/a>,&#8221; Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., added, noting the decision&#8217;s unanimity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., said he was &#8220;glad&#8221; to see the court choose &#8220;the side of freedom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/biden-calls-trump-ungraceful-loser-taunts-media-predicts-2024-victory-rare-interview#&amp;_intcmp=fnhpbt4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BIDEN PREDICTS 2024 WIN IN RARE INTERVIEW, TAUNTS MEDIA, CALLS TRUMP &#8216;LOSER&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;BREAKING:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/judiciary\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Supreme Court<\/a> defends democracy against radical leftist low-tier judges. Despite the Far Left\u2019s never-ending political witch-hunt against Donald Trump, the Constitution and our democracy prevailed,&#8221; wrote Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Democrats had largely been quiet on the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling. Calls placed seeking comment from President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries were not immediately returned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Trump-supporting lawmakers celebrated the Supreme Court&#8217;s unanimous decision Monday to reject the state of Colorado&#8217;s attempt to keep the former president off their presidential ballot, citing the 14th Amendment.\u00a0 All nine justices, appointed by Democratic and Republican presidents, agreed that states lack the authority &#8220;under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect &#8230; <a title=\"Trump-aligned lawmakers celebrate unanimous Supreme Court ballot ruling\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/04\/trump-aligned-lawmakers-celebrate-unanimous-supreme-court-ballot-ruling\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trump-aligned lawmakers celebrate unanimous Supreme Court ballot ruling\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}