Donald Trump's legal team as early as Tuesday could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring him from the GOP primary ballot.
There is no additional information in this article. His legal team has not yet appealed, although the Colorado Republicans have appealed.
While the legal team has indicated they intend to appeal, it’s possible they would rather concede Colorado and Maine primaries than risk losing a SCOTUS appeal and see a wave of additional disqualifications. Trump will have no trouble getting the nomination without either state.
If he appeals, there’s no good reason to delay, but he has until the 4th of January for Colorado. He might have a better chance at winning the Maine appeal, so maybe they pretend “there wasn’t time” to appeal Colorado. This way, he can pretend he “won” the whole legal argument, the same way he claimed that the report recommending his prosecution by Congress actually declared him innocent.
Do you think the GOP has a candidate with enough backbone to actually challenge Trump? Christie is the only one willing to speak his mind, but sadly that doesn’t mean he’s contributing anything of value.
There’s no advantage to gain, because Trump supporters won’t be swayed by literally anything.
They are running just in case Trump is forced off the ticket. Otherwise, they hope to be his VP. Except Christie, of course. But none of them will attack Trump, they will only defend against him and hope that his base doesn’t turn on them. None of them can realistically beat Trump, and none of them could conceivably win the general election without Trump voters. If they attack him for any of his obvious flaws, crimes, or odor, they will alienate the people they need to win.
There is no additional information in this article. His legal team has not yet appealed, although the Colorado Republicans have appealed.
While the legal team has indicated they intend to appeal, it’s possible they would rather concede Colorado and Maine primaries than risk losing a SCOTUS appeal and see a wave of additional disqualifications. Trump will have no trouble getting the nomination without either state.
If he appeals, there’s no good reason to delay, but he has until the 4th of January for Colorado. He might have a better chance at winning the Maine appeal, so maybe they pretend “there wasn’t time” to appeal Colorado. This way, he can pretend he “won” the whole legal argument, the same way he claimed that the report recommending his prosecution by Congress actually declared him innocent.
do you think that his opponents won’t see his unwillingness to appeal and press the advantage further?
Do you think the GOP has a candidate with enough backbone to actually challenge Trump? Christie is the only one willing to speak his mind, but sadly that doesn’t mean he’s contributing anything of value.
There’s no advantage to gain, because Trump supporters won’t be swayed by literally anything.
there are several running for the nomination. presumably at least one of them wants to win. even if it’s christie.
They are running just in case Trump is forced off the ticket. Otherwise, they hope to be his VP. Except Christie, of course. But none of them will attack Trump, they will only defend against him and hope that his base doesn’t turn on them. None of them can realistically beat Trump, and none of them could conceivably win the general election without Trump voters. If they attack him for any of his obvious flaws, crimes, or odor, they will alienate the people they need to win.