Did I Expect Something Else?

 

'This was in no way a win for Trump': SCOTUS’ ballot ruling knocked by watchdog grouphttps://t.co/nkXX6ABdda

— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 4, 2024

The day before Super Tuesday, what SCOTUS was not going to do was decide Trump was going to be taken off of primary ballots and definitely declared a no-goo insurrectionist who better not try running for dogcatcher. What they did decide was that the statute couldn't be applied by the states as is--and I don't try to pretend to be the Constitution-understander, but if this was some kind of cop-out, it was a UNANIMOUS cop-out. 

For what it's worth, the states most likely to toss Trump off the ballot would be those where he wouldn't win anyway. If a loosey-goosey standard for who gets declared an insurrectionist is accepted, I would expect red states to get completely silly over labeling anyone who ever protested on the left being labelled "antifa" and a potential insurrectionist. (I feel like Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton have political fanfic about doing just that stuffed under their mattresses.) 

I can't get disappointed. After all, if SCOTUS thinks they have saved themselves from some kind of legal free-for-all today, surely, they are aware by now of what their docket will look like November- January 2025. And as for the idea that Congress do something about settling this same issue NOW--I don't think you'll find enough huevos for an Easter Egg hunt. 

What was it a very smart man had said? "Don't boo. Vote." I don't think there was ever going to be a better answer than that.