Colorado Communist Tribunal Starts One Party Rule in America
"The communist style tribunal removing Donald Trump from the ballot in Colorado ushers in one party rule in America and they, the judges, should be removed by Congress on federal crimes," says Eugene Delgaudio,president of Public Advocate.
Prof. Clifford Theis writes me:
The
U.S.
Constitution
provides
that
people
will
not
be
deprived
of
life,
liberty
or
property
except
with
due
process.
Donald
Trump
has
not
been
found
guilty
of
insurrection
by
any
court
or
other
tribunal.
He
was
in
fact
tried
by
the
U.S.
Senate
for
"incitement
of
insurrection"
in
2021,
and
was
acquitted.
Now
comes
the
state
supreme
court
of
Colorado,
upholding
a
decision
by
a
district
court
of
that
state
to
bar
Trump's
name
from
being
on
the
ballot
in
that
state
on
the
basis
that
Trump
committed
insurrection.
Although
the
Colorado
district
court
made
a
determination
that
Trump
committed
insurrection,
it
did
not
convict
him
of
insurrection,
as
that
was
not
in
its
jurisdiction.
In
making
its
decision,
the
state
supreme
court
of
Colorado
ruled
that
the
insurrection
clause
of
the
14th
Amendment
is
"self-executing,"
meaning
anybody,
anywhere,
anytime
can
bar
another
person
from
the
ballot
by
providing
sufficient
evidence
that
that
person
committed
insurrection.
The
main
argument
made
by
Trump's
defense
in
his
Senate
trial
was
that
politicians
routinely
invoke
words
such
as
"we
should
fight
for
what
we
believe."
I
daresay
many
people
whose
names
are
on
the
ballot
have
said
such
things.
Trump's
defense
was
that
such
words
are
political
speech.
Now,
on
the
basis
of
this
Colorado
state
supreme
court
decision,
lots
of
names
can
be
challenged.
WIll
future
elections
feature
only
Democratic
candidates
in
their
states
and
Republican
candidates
in
our
states?
Of
the
approximately
600
people
convicted
for
various
crimes
and
misdemeanors
in
association
with
the
January
6th
protest
turned
riot,
only
four
of
them,
ringleaders
of
the
Proud
Boys,
were
convicted
of
insurrection,
vis.,
conspiracy
to
overthrow
the
government.
(These
and,
I
believe,
two
other
members
of
the
Proud
Boys
were
convicted
of
other
charges
such
as
conspiracy
to
disrupt
official
proceedings
of
the
government.)
Specific
acts
included
"dismantling
of
metal
barricades,
destruction
of
property,
breaching
of
the
Capitol
building,
and
assaults
on
law
enforcement."
Excuse
me,
but
the
specific
acts
mentioned
do
not
accord
with
an
attempt
to
overthrow
the
government.
Robert
E.
Lee
leading
an
army
of
30,000
men
sounds
like
an
attempt
to
overthrow
the
government.
The
specific
acts
of
January
6th
accord
with
a
riot.
The
conspiracy
to
overthrow
the
government
was
something
exclusive
to
the
ringleaders
of
the
Proud
Boys,
and
evidenced
by
their
communications
with
each
other.
The
analogy
would
be
this:
were
there
members
of
the
SDS
involved
in
anti-draft
riots
during
the
1960s?
Then,
others
associated
with
those
riots
were
guilty
of
insurrection.
Was
antifa
involved
in
more
recent
riots,
or
Black
Lives
Matter,
then
others
associated
with
those
riots
were
guilty
of
insurrection.
But,
guilt
by
association
does
not
accord
with
the
rule
of
law,
"
says
CLIFFORD
F.
THIES
Eldon
R.
Lindsey
Chair
of
Free
Enterprise
Professor
of
Economics
and
Finance
Shenandoah
University.