Heritage Florida Jewish News - Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice

Dear Editor:

The following are considerations that I hope reflect in part what will cause the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision by unanimous vote:

1. The purpose of Amendment XIV Section 3 was to keep officials from the rebellious states who violated their oath to support the Constitution of the United States from serving in the U.S. government.

2. The demonstration on Jan. 6, 2021, to cause the vice president to delay certification election results pending appropriate investigations of documented violations of election laws was entirely legal.

3. Despite the few Neo-Nazis who infiltrated the well-intentioned demonstrators, there was no evidence of an armed insurrection. The only person who was deliberately hurt was the murder of a young, unarmed, woman veteran by an officer in the D.C. police force who faced no criminal prosecution.

4. The forced entrance into the official building was criminal but deserved no long incarceration at a time when even serious criminals are not even prosecuted.

5. The president of the U.S. encouraged the peaceful protest, but when it got out of hand, told the demonstrators to go home.

6. The fact that some demonstrators pleaded guilty to some manufactured crimes because they could not afford the cost of legal representation does not convert a protest that got out of hand into an insurrection or rebellion.

7. The president engaged in no rebellion or insurrection and did not give aid or comfort to enemies of our country.

8. To compare the president of the U.S. to officials who were traitors in this country during the civil war is legal nonsense poorly rationalized for a Democratic narrative.

David Danziger

Lake Mary, Fla.