Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack.
  • GiddyGap@lemm.eeOP
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    8 months ago

    They were probably all afraid that banning Trump on the ballot would tear so violently at the fabric of the country that it could end in a civil war with armed members of Trump’s base roaming the streets creating chaos.

    This ruling is very unsurprising to me. I’d been very surprised if they had gone the other way.

    The US is a very unhealthy country.

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    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      8 months ago

      So they’ve traded almost-certain major civil unrest, and perhaps eventual civil war, as a direct result of their decision, for…

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      …almost-certain major civil unrest, and perhaps eventual civil war, as an indirect result of their decision, and also get a fascist government.