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Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack (apnews.com)

submitted 8 months ago by JoMiran@lemmy.ml to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If the power rests with the states, it's the state supreme courts who make the final determination, so it couldn't be appealed up to federal courts if a bunch of MAGA judges in Red states decided that "that darn Liberalism brainrot is a Commie insurrection against America, hyuck hyuck!" and kick all Dems off the ballots.