The court can only rescue Trump from the Colorado ruling by shredding originalism and textualism. Will it?


Sidney Blumenthal

Sidney Blumenthal

Tue 26 Dec 2023 11.00 GMT The Guardian

Donald Trump’s packing of the supreme court, to which he appointed three members, to create a reliable conservative majority, has been hailed by the right as his greatest achievement. The Wall Street Journal editorial page has stated that the most important prospect of a second Trump term would be his appointment of federal judges in their mold. But Trump’s candidacy for that second term now poses an existential threat to the legitimacy of the court’s conservative majority.

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