Tulsi Gabbard for veep? It’s not inconceivable. From Tom Luongo at tomluongo.me:
Now that the Supreme Court has unanimously destroyed the dreams of Davos to use January 6th as a means to keep him off the ballot, Donald Trump has passed the easiest of the hurdles in front of his returning to the White House.
Some things, politically, in the US still function.
This ruling was a lay-up. The SCOTUS had to rule decisively here.
Trump was never convicted of ‘insurrection.’ He was impeached and character-assassinated, sure, but none of that carries any weight of law. But, even if you somehow believe he was guilty of the crimes the Democrats accused him of, the facts of January 6th are so murky from that perspective, there was no way the SCOTUS could concoct a justification for his ballot disqualification.
At stake itself was the SCOTUS’ own validity as an institution. And if there is one thing I believe about organizations it is they always move to defend themselves if their leadership is honest.
Like it or not, the SCOTUS does not exist to enforce anyone’s opinion on reality. They exist to conclude whether an action is or is not constitutional. Did Trump ever lead an armed insurrection against the government? No.
Did he question a questionable election? Yes.
Is that unconstitutional? No.
Case closed.
But this case was an important first step to shut off the Nikki Haley insurgent strategy of handing delegates to her by default:
Take Trump off the ballot. She’s now the only “Repuglican” left to vote for. She gets to go to the convention with a bunch of unearned delegates to steal the election before November.
Oops. Now she gets further embarrassed on Super Tuesday.
STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC 