And other thoughts about the ballot-access decision.

The Colorado court followed what jurist Robert Bork called the “heart’s desire” school of jurisprudence. The teaching of that school: If you squint at the Constitution from just the right angle, it makes your fondest wish come true. It works for anyone, regardless of their party affiliation or ideology.

If you’re John Eastman, a vice president has the power to keep the president in office with no need to show that he won enough votes in the right places. If you’re the Colorado Supreme Court, you have the power to run your very own presidential election. That way, you can give millions of voters what they have badly wanted for years — a political world without Trump — without having to convince any of the scores of millions of voters who have kept it revolving around him.