Guest editorial by Jim Nellis:
Imagine, if you will, a country in which local, state, and federal prosecutors coordinate with the Department of Justice, foreign-born billionaires, and the nation's leader to keep the leader of the opposition party off the electoral ballot, thus bankrupting and bankrupting him. Opposition leader imprisoned.
That country will face sanctions from the civilized world. Corporate media will denounce the role of thugs who want to take away the voice of the people by denying them the ability to vote for their preferred candidate.
Perhaps people will take to the streets to protest such actions and the death of democracy.
This could only happen in a third world banana republic, right? After all, aren't these the tactics followed by Putin in Russia, Maduro in Venezuela, and Castro in Cuba?
Unfortunately, this is not the situation under a socialist dictator. This is the current political situation in the United States under the Biden administration.
The Republican front-runner and presumptive GOP nominee for president in the 2024 election is under attack on multiple fronts through what has become known as lawfare.
Fortunately, the United States Supreme Court ruled 9-0 Tuesdaystating simply that the responsibility for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates lies with Congress and the states “and therefore the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling cannot stand.”
This would eliminate once and for all any argument for keeping the former president off the 2024 ballot.
Although former President Trump could appear on the ballot, it is important to understand the history of the attempt to remove him from the ballot, and who was behind the effort.
Officials The states of Colorado, Maine and Illinois ruled that Mr. Trump was ineligible to run in the 2024 presidential election because he violated the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
More specifically, these officials asserted that because of his actions on January 6, 2021, Trump violated the law Section Three From the amendment, which states that no person who has sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States can hold office if he or she participates in an insurrection or rebellion against the United States.
The Third Section of the Fourteenth Amendment was written after the Civil War to prevent former Confederate officials from gaining power in the government.
So far, only one official has been removed from office for his actions on January 6. The Supreme Court ruling may call into question this decision.
New Mexico County Commissioner, Koi griffinHe was removed from office for violating Section 3 of Article 14y Amendment by State District Court Judge Francis Mathieu marks the first time since 1869 that a judge has removed a public employee under Section 3.
However, there was a major difference between the case against Mr. Griffin and Mr. Trump. Mr. Griffin was charged, tried, and convicted in federal court of misdemeanor For entering the capital's territory on January 6. He was sentenced to 14 days in jail and given credit for time served.
President Trump has not been charged, tried, or convicted of any crime related to January 6.
Special advisor, Jack Smith, brought four charges against Mr. Trump for his actions after the 2020 election. Mr. Smith charged Mr. Trump with three counts of conspiracy and one count of obstructing or attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. Mr. Smith did not accuse Mr. Trump of leading, inciting or participating in an insurrection or insurrection against the United States, despite receiving carte blanche to do so.
Who was behind the efforts to exclude the former president from the 2024 presidential elections?
Unsurprisingly, liberal groups are supported by none other than George Soros.
for every bloomberg, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, known as CREW, and a group called Free Speech for People have been working for years to remove Trump from the 2024 ballot.
These groups have raised millions of dollars from left-wing donors, including George Soros and Craig Newmark, founder of Craig's List.
Their efforts failed thanks to the unanimous decision of the Supreme Court. The unanimous decision will hopefully shut down left-wing talking points that the decision was driven by the court's “right wing.”
But Trump's troubles are not over yet. Not by a long shot.
The former president is Confrontation Four criminal indictments and one civil fraud case, filed by Liberal, and in a case Alvin Bragg And Letitia JamesGeorge Soros supports the prosecutors. If convicted on all charges, Mr. Trump will face more than… 600 years In prison, the default death penalty.
Their goal: bankrupt the former president, deprive him of the ability to campaign, and, ultimately, his death in prison.
A sitting president who uses the Department of Justice and the legal system to try to bankrupt and imprison a political opponent and disenfranchise half the country's voters has all the hallmarks of a petty dictatorship.
Jim Niles is a supply chain consultant and policy analyst in Chicago, Illinois. He has served as Chief Procurement Officer, Chief Supply Chain Officer, and Chief Operating Officer at several companies. He holds a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University in economics and French, as well as a master's degree in management from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business.
