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1 Threats Flood Toward Colorado Supreme Court Justices After Their Ruling Disqualifying Trump

In the first day after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump wasn’t eligible to appear on the state’s Republican primary ballot, reactions grew intense. Social media has been flooded with threats against the seven members of the court that the nonpartisan, nonprofit organization Advance Democracy called “significant violent rhetoric.” The comments included statements like: “This ends when we kill these f***ers” “What do you call 7 justices from the Colorado Supreme Court at the bottom of the ocean? A good start.” “Kill judges. Behead judges. Roundhouse kick a judge into the concrete.” At the same time, the Colorado Republican Party announced that it’s thinking about switching its presidential contest from a primary to a caucus if Trump’s not allowed to remain on the ballot. Dave Williams, the chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, said yesterday, “We’re at the mercy of the US Supreme Court,” then added, “We’ll make our preparations to convert to a caucus while this is all playing out.” Williams then said that “if it (the Supreme Court’s verdict) does not go in our favor, we’ll plan to do a caucus. But if it does go in our favor, then nothing will change.”

2 Federal Judge Blocks California Law That Would Have Banned Carrying Firearms In Public Places

A new law that was set to go into effect at the start of the year banning Californians from carrying firearms in many public places has been blocked. A federal judge blocked the law yesterday, which was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September and was scheduled to start on January 1st. The law would have prohibited people from carrying concealed guns in 26 different places, including public parks, churches, banks, and zoos, even if they had a permit to carry a concealed weapon. US District Judge Cormac Carney granted the preliminary injunction blocking the law from going into effect and wrote that it was “sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court.” The court case, which was brought against the state by the California Rifle and Pistol Association, will proceed while the law is blocked. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said his office will appeal the ruling.

3 Rudy Giuliani Ordered To Pay Georgia Election Workers $148 Million Immediately

A federal judge ruled yesterday that Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss have “good cause” to fear that Rudy Giuliani might try to avoid paying them the $148 million he was ordered to pay them last week for defaming them with false accusations that they committed election fraud. In the ruling, Judge Beryl Howell agreed to “permit immediate enforcement” of the judgment and said that if he plans to appeal, he “would have to comply with the usual requirement of a full supersedeas bond,” which means he would have to post a bond for the full amount of the judgment.


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