Colorado supreme court ruled that they can take Trump off the ballot, now it looks like California is trying to do that as well. Meanwhile, republican states are threatening to retaliate in kind.
This seems unprecedented for US, does anybody know what happens in this scenario?
The "state's rights" arguments are entirely valid, so I'll leave those be. Though we both know this sets a terrible precedent (one that I'm all too happy to see, because the less legitimacy the US govt. has in the eyes of the people, the better) and has a very good chance of being shot down by the US supreme court (that's what this entire thread is about, other "blue" and "red" states moving to follow suit).
As for this- obviously, yes. Considering all the farces they're trying to hit him with, I don't even blame him- might very well be that presidency is the only thing that can save his head. If they could just kill him and be done with it, they would have already done so IMO. But let's not kid ourselves, he's only aiming for what Biden and the establishment two-party monopoly already have, and Biden practically embodies- all that "God Emperor protections" shit? That's old news, and Trump's own pursuit of the same now is because of all that passes for lawfare, coming down on his head.
My take on things? Hell, if he does actually end up winning and being allowed to return to the presidency, he would have to be suicidal to not only pursue said protections, but strike right back at those targeting him right now (I'm aware it's not just "Biden and co," but describing it as that was most succinct). But let's not forget, the ones who instigated all this, who have done what Trump himself didn't during his 4 years in office- the blatant suppression and perversion of the legal system that is currently going on- and this is all hypotheticals, what Trump "could do-" what is going on right now, and what is most likely to continue well past when Trump likely winds up in a cell, maybe for life- is all this and more under the "establishment" political bloc which encompasses the overwhelming majority of Democrats and Republicans alike, and the political blob of various govt. agencies, economic interests, and general bureaucracy that makes up the US status quo- the "deep state," if you will (and they certainly behaved as a "deep state" in their targeting or obstructions of Trump, who, while no less of a imperialist, stepped on no small number of toes in domestic politics, and acted in quite a few ways in opposition to their imperialist designs- for instance in regards to his trying to pull troops out of Syria, or his not escalating things overly much with Russia, etc)