Post-Democratic Colorado

 

The Colorado Supreme Court’s new ruling striking Donald Trump from the ballot in that state makes it essential, if it weren’t already, to vote for Donald Trump in 2024 to preserve American democracy. 

If those in charge can get away with this, it will then be possible for the governor of a state to throw election opponents off the ballot to ensure his indefinite re-election. And whichever party holds states with a majority of electoral votes can ensure they remain permanently in power at the federal level.

Democracy is fragile.

This seems to me to be an argument for the monarchy. With a monarchy, if nonsense like this is tried, the king can step in and say, “now, wait a minute…” Monarchy is designed so that he or she in ultimate charge has an interest in preserving the stability of the system—it is a family inheritance they will want to pass on to the next generation.

Republics seem to segue into dictatorships more easily than constitutional monarchies.

In the US case, it seems to me inevitable that the Colorado ruling will be overturned by the US Supreme Court. But we are just lucky the court currently does not have a left-leaning majority.