based on nothing at all, I'm going to predict that SCOTUS will be unable/unwilling to weasel out of the "what matters is how the founders would have understood the constitution" trap that it set for itself. They will affirm CO`'s ability to find trump ineligible for the office of president. Several other states will then follow CO's lead.
@rpardee And it has nothing to do with "the Founders". It's an amendment, and the plain meaning of the text is clear.
@LiberalLibrarian well, I mean "founders" here to include the second round--Lincoln, Sumner, etc.
@LiberalLibrarian well, as an appellate court, they *should* accept the findings of fact of the trial court, unless there is "clear error", which is supposed to be a really high bar.
Mind you I would not trust Alito & them to adhere to this at all--they don't seem super committed to this rule. So really I'm fantasizing here...