Will the Supreme Court Keep Trump off the Ballot?
null By Jason L. RileyJan. 9, 2024 5:45 pm ETJournal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn and Dan Henninger. Images: AP/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyUntil recently the biggest concern of Donald Trump and his supporters was how ballots in this year’s election would be counted, not whether Mr. Trump’s name would appear on them. Now Colorado and Maine have decided that the former president is ineligible to hold office, and the Supreme Court has agreed to intervene.As a political matter, banning Mr. Trump from the ballot is shortsighted and deeply troubling. It disenfranchises his supporters in a race that polls show him leading. It advances the rigged-system and self-grievance narratives that are catnip to his base. And it’s hypocritical insofar as it undermines democratic norms to take down someone regularly accused by opponents of undermining democratic norms. Republican backlash is inevitable.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Right
Jan. 9, 2024 5:45 pm ET
Until recently the biggest concern of Donald Trump and his supporters was how ballots in this year’s election would be counted, not whether Mr. Trump’s name would appear on them. Now Colorado and Maine have decided that the former president is ineligible to hold office, and the Supreme Court has agreed to intervene.
As a political matter, banning Mr. Trump from the ballot is shortsighted and deeply troubling. It disenfranchises his supporters in a race that polls show him leading. It advances the rigged-system and self-grievance narratives that are catnip to his base. And it’s hypocritical insofar as it undermines democratic norms to take down someone regularly accused by opponents of undermining democratic norms. Republican backlash is inevitable.
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About this article
Jason Riley is an opinion columnist at The Wall Street Journal, where his column, Upward Mobility, has run since 2016. He is also a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and provides television commentary for various news outlets.
Mr. Riley, a 2018 Bradley Prize recipient, is the author of four books: “Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders” (2008); “Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed” (2014); “False Black Power?” (2017); and “Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell” (2021).
Mr. Riley joined the paper in 1994 as a copy reader on the national news desk in New York. He moved to the editorial page in 1995, was named a senior editorial page writer in 2000, and became a member of the Editorial Board in 2005. He joined the Manhattan Institute in 2015.
Born in Buffalo, New York, Mr. Riley earned a bachelor's degree in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
He has also worked for USA Today and the Buffalo News.
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