Yeah, but that might be impossible these days, unless they punt on some legal technicality. I'd be happy with 7-2, personally...

Nine!? I'd be happy with a decision that didn't involve Clarence Thomas in any way whatsoever on the insurrection issue since his wife attended the Trump rally and was involved up to her eyeballs sending emails to multiple state legislatures and texts to Mark Meadows pushing him to derail the certification on January 6.

There is absolutely no constitutional right for a presidential candidate to be placed on a state ballot. None. Each state makes their own rules and regulations and has their own "hoops" that have to be followed/jumped through in order to qualify for ballot access. This isn't even a new phenomenon by any stretch of the imagination.

Remember when Kanye West was denied ballot placement in his home state of Illinois in 2020? Fell short by 1,300 signatures, and a federal judge had even lowered the number of signatures required from 25,000 to 2,500 due to COVID. Kanye managed only 1,200. Them's the ballot access laws in Illinois. West denied.

West was also famously denied ballot access in Wisconsin because his campaign attorney (actually a Republican operative), was late in filing which was by law determined as "not later" than 5:00 p.m. and the GOP attorney filed at 5:00:14. West denied.

I don't think Americans generally have much of an idea regarding ballot access laws and how they differ all over America and depending on whether you're the candidate for a qualified Party, an Independent candidate, or a write-in candidate.

The Constitution does contain provisions within where Congress can make laws that govern elections, and therefore it should surprise no one in the least if the Supreme Court punts the issue altogether and leaves it up to either the individual states or Congress to decide election access issues.

Regardless, Clarence Thomas shouldn't be making any decision wherein his wife is directly involved.

Yeah, but that might be impossible these days, unless they punt on some legal technicality. I'd be happy with 7-2, personally...

-CW