Firstly, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has already ruled unanimously that President Trump's claim of presidential immunity for his conduct on January 6, 2021 doesn't apply, setting up a potential showdown before the Supreme Court.
Speaking of the Supreme Court, on Thursday, the highest court in the land will hear oral argument on the question of whether President Trump can be excluded from state ballots on the grounds of engaging in "Insurrection." And let's be clear: this is the real question that will decide whether the Democrats' lawfare strategy stands or falls.
The Supreme Court is already considering the question of whether the charges against defendants in the January 6 trials - potentially including President Trump himself - are even legitimate.
Their decision to temporarily allow the federal government to cut down razor wire in Texas has prompted a legal standoff between Texas and the federal government; if a temporary injunction can do that, then the Supreme Court must know that allowing democracy to be destroyed under color of law could lead to a real crisis.
Even avowed anti-Trumpers like New York Times columnist David Brooks have pled with the court to rule unanimously for Trump, citing the risk of political violence if they do not.
Because Brooks - and, we suspect, the Court itself - knows how fragile the American experiment is at this moment, and also knows that for all the instinctual loathing his fellow elites feel for President Trump, the man is no Jefferson Davis.
Let us pray that when oral argument arrives this week, the court shows blanket skepticism of Colorado's claims.
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