Opinion | The Supreme Court and Trump's Eligibility to Run – The New York Times
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To the Editor:
Re “Supreme Court Appears Set to Rule That States Can’t Disqualify Trump” (front page, Feb. 9):
In their arguments, Supreme Court justices expressed concerns regarding the possible consequences of Colorado’s attempts to remove Donald Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment. What we did not hear was a discussion of the possible consequences of allowing Mr. Trump to return to office.
Perhaps those consequences deserve at least equal consideration, in light of what the nation experienced on Jan. 6. I believe that is what the authors of the 14th Amendment had in mind.
James Culnan
La Crescenta, Calif.
To the Editor:
Chief Justice John Roberts is suddenly worried about the consequences of upholding Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Where is his concern for the consequences of dispensing with Roe v. Wade, overruling environmental rules, privileging the Second Amendment over safety and destroying affirmative action?
One reason that many Americans have lost confidence in the Supreme Court — especially its conservative majority — is how its insistence on the letter of the law is dependent on the results they seek.
Ann Sparanese
Englewood, N.J.
To the Editor:
The 14th Amendment specifically prohibits those who have engaged in insurrection from serving as “elector of President or Vice-President.” Why would its authors ban insurrectionists from being electors, but allow them to actually be president or vice president? Clearly they wouldn’t.
Ross Brown
Santa Barbara, Calif.
To the Editor:
It would not be surprising if next week or soon thereafter we had two unanimous decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court, arguably going in different directions.
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