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Shipwack

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16. We've seen this game before.
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 07:34 PM
Nov 21

One state declined to have Trump on the ballot because he was accused of insurrection. The language was plain and unambiguous.

The Supremes decided that since the amendment wasn’t written well enough, it could be disregarded.

I’m ready for a repeat. They might even copy/paste most of the previous decision to save time.

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6 - 3 Decision yankee87 Nov 21 #1
Wouldn't that affect the orange piggy since his mother was not born in America? kimbutgar Nov 21 #2
No. According to the EO.... reACTIONary Nov 21 #12
Seems to me Timewas Nov 21 #3
"Since it is actually in the constitution,and I don't see any ambiguity in the wording,... BumRushDaShow Nov 21 #6
What I said n/t Timewas Nov 21 #8
I am interpreting what you said BumRushDaShow Nov 21 #9
Trump made money from doing exactly that mgardener Nov 21 #4
Wait, "if neither parent WAS"? Is this fuckhead trying to do this RETROACTIVELY? AZJonnie Nov 21 #5
No. The executive order.... reACTIONary Nov 21 #13
Even so, I'm not sure the SCOTUS can give it a go-ahead without it declaring it applies retroactively AZJonnie Nov 21 #14
There are multiple "practical" problems with this EO.... reACTIONary Nov 21 #20
"meeting in private" PSPS Nov 21 #7
Oh, and maybe include a quote published in 1512, from the Vice-Mayor of West Bumfuckshire, England AZJonnie Nov 21 #15
Well............. the maga 6 might have to look in the mirror and ask if there relatives were immigrants................ turbinetree Nov 21 #10
It's pretty simple. A change like this takes a constitutional amendment just like the second amendment regarding guns. cstanleytech Nov 21 #11
We've seen this game before. Shipwack Nov 21 #16
They did a carve-out for 45 BumRushDaShow Nov 21 #17
Thanks! Forgot about that part. Shipwack Nov 21 #19
Virtually all of us Cirsium Nov 21 #18
What a bunch of asswipes mdbl Nov 22 #21
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