Trump described himself as \u2018very honored\u2019 by the court\u2019s recent ruling. His sudden adoration might not be misplaced<\/p>\n
On Monday, the US supreme court unanimously overturned the Colorado supreme court\u2019s decision to remove Trump from the Republican primary ballot. The highest court in the land predictably concluded that the \u201cinsurrection clause\u201d of the 14th amendment does not authorize state enforcement \u201cwith respect to federal offices, especially the presidency\u201d.<\/p>\n
A contrary ruling would have been a recipe for chaos, and, worse still, would have done nothing to safeguard the nation from a potential Trump victory in November. I say this because presumably the only states that might have barred Trump from their ballot would have been those of the solidly blue variety \u2013 states Trump was going to lose anyway. And given that Republicans, particularly of the Maga-stripe, are masters of the politics of retaliation and escalation, we would have witnessed red states clamoring to remove Biden from their ballots. The result would have been an election precisely to Trump\u2019s liking \u2013 one without democratic legitimacy.<\/p>\n
Lawrence Douglas is the author, most recently, of Will He Go? Trump and the Looming Election Meltdown in 2020. He is a contributing opinion writer for the Guardian US and teaches at Amherst College<\/p>\n
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