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YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME

Today was mostly a good day for Donald Trump.  Although this was expected, the  Supreme Court today voted to allow Trump to run for president,  a 9-0 vote against the Colorado verdict, and a 5-4 majority preventing other states from removing him from the primary ballot.  Turns out that important as this ruling is, all those states threatening keep Trump from qualifying are Democratic states where Biden would have gotten all the electoral votes anyway.  No battleground state was involved. Frankly, I think this move at this time means that SCOTUS will now act in timely enough fashion to determine that he is  not immune to criminal prosecution  for his attempted coup on 6January2021.  At least either the Georgia ( which televises everything ) or DC trial will begin before the summer is over.  Actual judgement by November 5 would be nice, but not necessary.  We will know about the fate of Georgia district attorney Fani Willis by the middle of this month.  Yesterday Nikki Haley finally beat