Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack - eviltoast
    • BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      *terms and conditions apply

      Always has been. States have never had free reign to do anything they want. This is one of the things they cannot do.

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        9 months ago

        States already do things like bar felons from voting and only put on 3rd party candidates that meet a certain signature threshold. Or add barriers to voting, like restricting when you can vote and ID laws.

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          Pretty much how it goes. Laws affect peons: oh well. Laws affect wealthy politicians: off to SCOTUS for them to overturn it!