Hinderaker Would Read Section Three Of The 14th Amendment As… A Nullity — But Only As To Tangerine…

Well — this is… not surprising.

So much for originalism.

And… so much for principled debate.

At lunch today, Hinderaker completely ignores all the others who’ve been DQ-ed over the past century and a quarter, pointing to Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.

He then goes on to blame (prospectively) “the Democrats” — if anyone invokes that Section Three against Tangerine. He says this result (should Tangerine win the popular vote) means that the Supremes must read Section Three out of the Fourteenth — but only as to Trump.

John says this outcome is compelled, to avoid “civil war”. “Just in case.” As a potential, that is. [He seems to utterly forget that the concept of “standing” (for three hundred years, now!) has required a “live controversy”, not a theoretical one.] Charming.

That entire Hinderakerian line of BS is… self refuting, and the subsequent DQs prove that the Section [US v. Classic (1941); Nixon v. Fitzgerald (1982)] is not solely a measure to DQ the former Confederate officers — he could look it up.

But he won’t.

What a putz.