It’s not just New Hampshire anymore. Two other states have joined an effort to bar Trump from their respective 2024 ballot over the January 6 event. Last month, it was reported that New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan, a Republican, was seeking legal counsel concerning disqualifying the former president ahead of their crucial primary. He’s consulting with the state’s attorney general’s office on next steps. This legal attempt to bar Trump from ballots stems from an interpretation of Section III of the 14th Amendment:
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Now, Michigan and Arizona have joined this chorus, with the Mitten State standing out from the other two, as Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is being sued to keep Trump off the ballot (via ABC News):
Several advocacy groups have said that Trump’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021, fit that criteria — that he directly engaged in an insurrection. The legal theory has been pursued, unsuccessfully, against a few other elected Republicans; arguing their actions around Jan. 6 and support for overturning the 2020 election results amounted to the disqualifying behavior.
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Robert Davis — widely known in Michigan as a citizen activist who serially sues state politicians — on Monday filed a lawsuit that urges Secretary of State Benson to declare Trump is ineligible to run for office.
Davis asked Benson to make a decision on Trump’s candidacy within 14 days.
Asked by ABC News her thoughts on Davis’ lawsuit, Benson said her focus is on upholding the law and acknowledged her state’s position as a battleground will influence public narrative nation wide surrounding the issue.
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In Arizona, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, said that he was planning for the possibility of challenges to Trump’s ballot eligibility but does not himself have the authority to explicitly bar Trump from appearing on the ballot.
Last year, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that there would be no way for his office to enforce the disqualification clause, only Congress would have the right to do so — a ruling Fontes called “dead wrong.”
“If that was the case, then no constitutional qualifier applies. So, a 23-year-old born in Poland, for example, who never became a citizen, could run for president in Arizona,” Fontes told ABC News.
Fontes said he doesn’t know of any specific individual or groups who have organized to file a lawsuit challenging Trump’s eligibility, but his office has gotten phone calls and notes objecting to the former president potentially appearing on the ballot.
For now, he’s “deciding on how to decide” how to proceed with who exactly appears on the 2024 ballot and gathering clarification from legal counsel.
Jonathan Turley has strongly disagreed with this interpretation of the 14th Amendment, noting that there is insufficient evidence that Trump committed such a crime. It’s why he isn’t facing such charges from Special Counsel Jack Smith, but as you know, facts won’t stop anti-Trump forces from trying to derail his candidacy.
These fk ers have no right to keep anyone for voting for a candidate. the charges against trump are false. Let me say, if these idiots convict him on any of these, then lyden biden better be prosecuted for treason! which he should be anyways. when our country gets to a point where you can’t even say you think something is wrong, then this is no longer the USA. Why is it when the dems challenged the elections they weren’t indicted? We as Americans should not allow this to go on.
Time for conservatives in these states to PROTEST, PROTEST, Make your voices heard and make sure they are listened to.
Why have the Dems tried so hard to keep Trump from running again? Is it because he knows all their dirty secrets? I hope I live to see all of them in jail or what ever, for their crimes.
Any lawyers out there can tell me if malicious prosecution applies here for president Trump the Deep state has been going after this man since he first declared his run for presidency they’ve even made up stuff that Hillary DNC Russian collusion BS that’s against the law why is this allowed to go on in our great country Washington has gone Rogue and they are putting the justice system against our own citizens for complaining about it these people in Washington Republicans and Democrats are guilty of treason and violating their oath of office they all need to be dealt with severely before it’s too late I honestly believe they’re doing all this crazy stuff to get the citizens to revolt and they can declare martial law and stay in office and in power God Bless America we need you now
Pres. TRUMP did NOT commit Insurrection!!! Isn’t it Funny how Jack Smith conveniently left out the words GO PEACEFULLY AND PATRIOTICALLY AND LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD!! HE ALSO TWEETED AND TOLD THE PEOPLE TO BACK LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THOSE MESSAGES WERE TAKEN DOWN AND HE ALSO OFFERED THE GUARD IN WHICH THE MAYOR AND PELOSI REFUSED IT. IT HAS BECOME VERY APPARENT THAT THE LEFT IS EXTREMELY AFRAID OF A SECOND TRUMP TERM, SO MUCH SO THAT THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO THROW THE KITCHEN SINK AT HIM!!! IT IS GETTING RIDICULOUS, AND ITS TIME FOR IT TO STOP!!