What does the future hold for Donald Trump? - threadbans in OP

Who would Trump pick as his running mate? I had assumed that Pence was picked because he was bland and could help shore up the moderate Republican vote, but Trump has gone so all-in on crazy this time that it's hard to see him trying that again, but at the same time, it's hard to see him picking someone also crazy because he loves to be the centre of attention.

His daughter/wife would fit the bill, if she didn't distance herself post 2020

She went for the money and safety, so Jared wins out, guess he laid it on the line, divorce or me.

Imagine if he actually got her as VP, got elected and then croaked while in office. The concept of Ivanka Trump as the POTUS would be totally off the wall. Her dad is more than bad enough, but at least her dad has some kind of directed political ambition. Ivanka's got as much presence and vision as a bit of slightly scented air.

Anyway, it won't happen due to what's been said already.

https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-threaten-take-joe-biden-off-ballot-trump-colorado-1854067

Well, this comes as a complete shock. Who could have predicted that reaction?

(Not sure which insurrection they can point to in Biden's case, but best of luck to them)

The obligatory tweet.

An 'extremely credible source'...

That is the interesting point is that this is more of a conservatist judgement already. I believe Gorusch has a statement effectively in favour of this from a different context in the past.

Doesn't matter how red the state is, all it takes is one person of standing to bring a case for Trump to be barred, you then have a scenario where the state courts have to make a decision. Red state or not, most of them are just going to follow the supreme courts precedent.

Its too easy to think of red states as being all red, when most of them are more like 60/40 red to blue. There are a lot of democrats in Texas, so plenty of people with standing to bring this case to their courts.

They mentioned on the 538 Podcast that the SCOTUS can also simply say that it's up to individual states to decide who can and cannot be on ballots, per the laws of that state, and the legal opinion of its presiding judges.

Trump has not yet been tried on the matter of insurrection, and consequently has received no conviction. The opinion of the Colorado SC does not mean Trump goes to jail, but it does mean he's disqualified from being on the ballot for now.

The idea that the 14th amendment wouldn't apply the the POTUS is pretty crazy to me because the latitude it would give someone like Trump if it doesn't is particularly worrying to think about.

We could end up with a scenario where the SC decides against Colorado's finding, Trump loses the insurrection case against him, but can still run for president and win, and Trump gives his victory speech while wearing an orange jumpsuit.

I have to think that depends on how individual states' justices would rule on it. Different U.S. states would have different laws regarding elections and different justices are going to have different legal opinions.

I think Trump has no business anywhere near political office, but if he's struck off the ballot of several key states, that is going to do nothing to salve political division and the potential for chaos in the United States. That is not to say that it would not be fair and correct to do so, however, but the U.S. still needs to deal with the disease of which Trump is more a symptom than a cause, in my opinion.

It's judges acting in that capacity who made the ruling in Colorado, not Democrats, as you say. It's the DoJ serving federal indictments against Trump, not Democrats. If you can prove that there is overt political bias in these legal actions, please pick up the phone and blow the lid off it. I'm sure Trump will be awfully grateful for your help.

The Democrats are resorting to every dirty trick in the book to stop Trump running again. - the petitioners in Colorado were republicans.

Perhaps try to enlarge the Supreme court again - they absolutely should have

or get Trump sectioned ? Not a chance - haven't you seen his awesome cognitive abilities at work? Person, Woman, Man, Camera! WOW

Yawn, still pushing this crap. He incited an insurrection so it's fair to say he was failing to uphold the constitution. It has nothing to do with the Democrats, it's Colorado's supreme Court. Fascinating how you lob the judicial system even though they've based it on constitutional law.