💭 The most galling thing about the Supreme Court's Trump ballot arguments. - Slate

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday in Trump v. Anderson, which challenges Donald Trump’s ability to appear on the ballot in Colorado. A group of voters brought the case under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars former officeholders from returning to power if they have “engaged in insurrection”; the plaintiffs argue that Trump’s participation in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol subjects him to disqualification under the amendment. On a new episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed a strange and discomfiting threat that emerged from the right flank of the court during arguments.

Slate     Feb 10, 2024