Make no mistake about it, the same political party’s politicians that state they absolutely stand behind the Second Amendment cannot also rationally say they don’t support the 14th.
But they are.
The mantra is that if the Colorado Supreme Court finds that insurrectionist Donald Trump is disqualified from being on the ballot in 2024, because he’s an insurrectionist, that’s depriving the voters of a choice.
Which is, of course, exactly what the Second Amendment does in the case of gun control. I’m not for it, but many voters are, only to have their votes deprived of them by the Courts.
And yes, such things do take votes away from voters, and choices away from them too. The Constitution sets age limits o who can run. It sets nationality requirements. And it prohibits insurrectionist from running. By the same token, it prohibits a lot of firearms restrictions, and keeps the government from requiring you to be a member of a specific religion.
We are not an Athenian Democracy in which everything is decided by the vote. We are a Constitutional democracy.
Besides, a lot of Trumpite politicians are now fond of the dimwitted promise that We are not a democracy, but a Republic, which is stupid, but which weights the Constitution heavily. That’s the entire basis, to the extent there is one, that the GOP worships the electoral college system, which is inherently anti democratic.
They swore an oath to defend it. Apparently, few of them meant it.
Or. . . could it be that just like the death of an abusive father, or a boss who was an asshole, those praising Trump now will, in the case of public figures, be mighty glad to see him gone. . . ? That way, they can maintain they always loved him, while, at the same time, go back to the back rooms, pour a tall shot of bourbon, and toast his demise, while rejoicing that they fooled the voters all along.
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