2024 Elections

During an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday morning, former prosecutor Glenn Kirschner made a point of making Justice Neal Gorsuch the center of a discussion on whether the Supreme Court will rule that Donald Trump is eligible to be on the ballot in 2024 based upon what the 14th Amendment to the Constitution says about insurrection.

Speaking with host Michael Steele, Kirschner read from a previous ruling Gorsuch authored before he joined the nation's highest court.

"I think they [the Supreme Court] probably recognize that time is of the essence," he told the host. "This is something that has to be decided urgently as we move toward primary elections in the various states. I agree with Barb [McQuade] that the Supreme Court will inevitably take this up for review."

"Here's something fun to keep an eye out for, Michael," he added. "I think what we need to keep an eye out for is whether Justice Neil Gorsuch, agrees with Judge Neil Gorsuch with respect to how to resolve this issue. Frankly, my favorite part of the Supreme Court ruling in Colorado was when they quoted Judge Neil Gorsuch. About ten years ago he had to resolve this precise issue whether states can keep would-be candidates off their primary ballots because the candidate was disqualified under some provision of the constitution."

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"Here's what Judge Neil Gorsuch wrote: A state's legitimate interest in protecting the integrity and practical functioning of the political process permits it, permits the state to exclude from the ballot candidates who are constitutionally prohibited from assuming office,'" Kirschner read before adding, "So, Judge Gorsuch is sort of 90 percent of the way there, already ruling that states have this authority. Let's see if Justice Gorsuch agrees with himself from ten years earlier."

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During an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday morning, former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks advised the Republican party to think twice about making Donald Trump their 2024 presidential nominee when there is a reasonable chance the Supreme Court could make him ineligible to serve should he win.


Speaking with fill-in host Charles Coleman Jr., the legal analyst said she feels the decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that the former president should not be allowed to run for office based on the 14th Amendment is solid and that the Supreme Court would likely agree.

Having said that, she explained the GOP could be saddled with a candidate at the top of the ticket who would be barred from taking office if he should win in November.

"I just see this as a very clear case of fact and law, coming together, with no possible conclusion other than that he is not eligible to be on the ballot and he is not eligible to hold office," she told the MSNBC host. "So you might say he could be on the primary ballot because it's up to the states and the state political parties. but why put someone on the ballot who then could not be inaugurated, because he can't hold office?"

"That would be much worse to me, than taking him off the ballot, so that the people can choose from people who are qualified," she added.

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'It seems to me that if you can bar someone who's not old enough or who is not a natural born citizen, or who hasn't lived in the United States long enough as a U.S. citizen, natural born, then you can also bar someone who doesn't meet the 14th Amendment, Section 3 qualification requirements," she later added.

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Infighting within the Republican Party's ranks has not only been apparent in the halls of Congress: It's now also threatening the stability of the GOP's operations in a state that's played a deciding role in the last two presidential elections.

According to a Saturday report in the New York Times, eight of Michigan's 13 Republican congressional district Republican Party chairs have now co-signed a letter asking Michigan GOP chair Kristina Karamo to resign and "put an end to the chaos." The letter came after approximately 40 of the party's state committee members called for a meeting to discuss Karamo's future by the end of the year. However, that meeting has yet to take place. Meanwhile, the Mitten State's Republican leaders are growing more anxious by the day about their party's outlook next year.

Donald Trump's drive to round up as many GOP delegates as part of a legal strategy in his battle with U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan is unlikely to persuade her to go easy on him.

That is the opinion of a former prosecutor when asked if Trump is a guaranteed lock for the 2024 presidential nomination would that bolster his argument that his prosecution is politically motivated.

According to a report from the Messenger's Marc Caputo, the former president is frantically trying to add to his committed delegate total before his Washington, D.C., trial over alleged 2020 election interference begins as part of a wide-ranging defense strategy.

While special counsel Jack Smith is endeavoring to keep the former president and his legal team from pushing election interference conspiracies before the jury, Trump reportedly believes it will help him in the court of public opinion.

Caputo is reporting one Trump insider explaining, “The closer to the election this gets, the more pressure there is and the more people will see the politics. Judge Chutkan said she doesn’t care about Trump’s status as a candidate. This hasn’t worked. But if that trial date moves, will she be so steadfast in pursuit of a verdict and ignore the reality of an impending election? What does Jack Smith do?”

The Supreme Court has the right and ability to not wade in on the disputes in multiple states considering banning Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot and they should take advantage of it.

That is the opinion of attorney Shan Wu in a column for the Daily Beast where he said the system is working as long as officials at the state level are adhering to the distinctive laws that are applicable in their respective states while also applying the 14th Amendment as it is written

The nonprofit run by the Republican National Convention's host committee is reportedly having to use "finesse" to win over donors, according to a new report.

Milwaukee 2024 Host Committee chair Reince Priebus — both a former Republican National Committee chairman and a former chief of staff to then-President Donald Trump — told Politico that his pitch to donors is more economic in nature than political. He told the outlet that the organization is on track to raise a goal of $70 million for next July's nominating convention, and is doing so by selling donors on the economic benefits to Milwaukee for hosting the event.