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What Do Efforts to Bar Trump From the Ballot Accomplish? A Conversation with Andy Craig

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What Do Efforts to Bar Trump From the Ballot Accomplish? A Conversation with Andy Craig

FromZooming In at The UnPopulist


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What Do Efforts to Bar Trump From the Ballot Accomplish? A Conversation with Andy Craig

FromZooming In at The UnPopulist

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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Jan 28, 2024
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Podcast episode

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At the very end of last year, Donald Trump's presidential campaign hit a large roadblock when the Colorado State Supreme Court ruled him ineligible for the office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, also known as the Insurrection Clause, due to his actions during January 6th. While many of his opponents praised this decision as justice finally taking course, there has of course been backlash.A major complaint about the decision to take him off the ballot is that doing so would be anti-democratic, a circumvention of the people's will by unelected politicians in robes. Exercising judicial power to remove a candidate who has on occasion been leading in the polls does seem remarkably anti-democratic. Even some liberals have expressed some qualms about such a course like this. But are they justified in their worries?Today is our Editor’s Roundtable. Host Landry Ayres is joined by The UnPopulist's Shikha Dalmia and Berny Belvedere, as well as Director of Election Policy at the Rainey Center and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, Andy Craig.Read Andy’s piece for The UnPopulist here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theunpopulist.net
Released:
Jan 28, 2024
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Reactionary Minds is a show about why some people reject liberalism and what the rest of us can do about it. Produced by The UnPopulist. theunpopulist.substack.com