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Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If the power rests with the states, it's the state supreme courts who make the final determination, so it couldn't be appealed up to federal courts if a bunch of MAGA judges in Red states decided that "that darn Liberalism brainrot is a Commie insurrection against America, hyuck hyuck!" and kick all Dems off the ballots.