On Tuesday, November 7, 2000, it was bitterly cold in Washington. Stationed on a terrace in front of the White House, a few dozen journalists tried to predict who would be the new president of the United States: the Democrat and Vice President Al Gore or the Republican and Governor George W. Bush, candidates for the throne vacated by Bill Clinton. Hours passed and the polls did not dare to name the winner because Florida's decisive 25 electoral votes swung from one candidate to another. Already at dawn and on the verge of hypothermia, we abandoned all hope. For the first time in recent history, Americans went to bed without knowing who their president would be, and the country was entering unknown legal territory.
Thirty-five days after the elections, a handful of votes, 537 ballots, declared victory for Bush Jr. in an obscure Supreme Court decision. 24 years have passed and the last judicial instance once again has the key to the presidential elections. Two states, Maine and Colorado, have challenged Donald Trump's candidacy, because he encouraged the insurrection against the Capitol after the 2020 elections that he lost to Joe Biden. The evidence of the proven facts is so incontestable that doubt offends. Trump urged, promoted and summoned the mob against Parliament with the purpose of preventing the confirmation of his adversary and, therefore, subverting the popular will with a coup d'état.
The 14th Amendment bans from public office any official who has incited an insurrection against the republic. Exactly what Trump did. But, despite this, it is highly unlikely that the Supreme Court will remove him from the presidential race. Trump may be a jerk, but he runs the system like no one else. During his presidency he appointed three Supreme Court judges of proven obedience, bringing the conservative side to six compared to the three progressive ones. To make matters worse, two of those chosen were part of Bush's legal team in his litigation against Al Gore. Trump faces the final attack on the White House with marked cards, hatred and revenge, a lethal cocktail in a year in which democracy will be put to the test in half the world.
