Hinderaker has several times argued that there can be no insurrection, without drawn firearms. Guns — in the hands of the insurrectionists. Poppycock.

Of course this is a patently stupid defense, as my commenters have ably noted, and is not in accord with federal law. A large enough crowd — with their bare fists alone — may cause a very effective insurrection. And many of these thousands in the crowd had stun guns, bricks, bottles and bladed standards — as well as blackjacks and (sharpened on site) sticks. They were fully capable, by sheer numbers, of killing perhaps hundreds… and people did in fact die. [They need not succeed in their goal to have committed felonies — that’s clear as day under federal law.]

But the main thrust of Hinderaker’s post tonight, is to urge the Supremes to tell Colorado that it has no “states’ rights” power to invoke Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, against Tangerine based on J6.

He’s wrong there too. But at least he admits that the Supremes might (and I think WILL) defer to the Supreme Court of Colorado, in its final judgment, since a duly convened trial (at which Trump put on a defense, and lost) already found the requisite facts, to invoke the self executing clauses of Section 3.

And, John admits that 41 per cent of self-described “independent” voters agree that Colorado has the right (and/or duty) to exclude his name from the ballot, in that state. Add that to the vast majority of Democrats who clearly feel this way, and…

That almost certainly means Trump cannot win a nation-wide election, no matter how one slices it. [John essentially admits this, as well.] His later typed bit, about generic ballots still almost ten months out, is utterly… meaningless. So I won’t link it.

So — I am smiling broadly, tonight. Thanks, Hinderaker.