I just had a leftist post this to me in a different conversation: "The 14th Amendment says nothing about being charged, tried, or convicted of any crime - just that one must commit insurrection against the constitution.
One of the MAGAt terrorists has already been thrown out of office using the 14th amendment for participating in Trump's insurrection, so the precedent is sound."
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This was my reply:
"That clause does not have to state that a trial and conviction must come first, because the Constitution explicitly states that one is innocent until PROVEN guilty and that guilt MUST be via a court of law. There has been no trial and no conviction; and thus Trump is innocent. Therefore the Colorado Supreme Court has gone rogue and deliberately violated the Constitution."
What troubles me is all these ignorant or insane leftists touting this rogue action by the Colorado Supreme Court as a triumph of 'justice' when it is blatantly in violation of the Constitution for the reasons I just stated. Forty years ago a junior high school student could have seen through their 'reasoning' and shot them out of the water. I DESPISE what these leftist 'educators' have done to the youth of this nation.