I'm deeply pessimistic about this court doing The Right Thing.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/01/trump-colorado-ballot-supreme-court-date.html

Short term thinking?

I see it as more of a question of whether this part of the constitution is enforceable.

Scope creep of the term insurrection?

No, the courts should decide it. A decent decision in either direction here will make it much clearer.

What people call "meddling in the democratic process" I call "preserving democracy" and just about the only thing to keep us off the Hungary path that we seem to be charging toward.