“Without fear or favor”

John Kasich, former governor of Ohio, on MSNBC just now:

“Think about the implications, think about the implications of what could happen across this country if in fact we start saying somebody can’t get on the ballot.”

And I immediately thought of a passage from the decision barring someone from the ballot in Colorado:

“We do not reach these conclusions lightly,” a four-justice majority wrote, with three justices dissenting. “We are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us. We are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law, without fear or favor, and without being swayed by public reaction to the decisions that the law mandates we reach.”

See — they did think about the implications, and they did not swerve. And: what about the implications of letting an insurrectionist remain on the ballot?