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Trying to Bar Trump From 2024 Ballot Is Unconstitutional and Lawfare at Its Worst
Daily Signal ^ | November 2, 2023 | Hans von Spakovsky

Posted on 11/02/2023 2:11:35 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie

As state court proceedings get under way in Colorado, Michigan and Minnesota in lawsuits aimed at barring Donald Trump from appearing as a presidential candidate on the ballot in next year’s presidential election, the judges in those cases should understand that the text, history, and application of the 14th Amendment make it clear that they have no legal authority to take any such action.

Due to Trump’s supposed actions on Jan. 6, 2021, the challengers are trying to argue that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, the disqualification clause, prevents him from being president even if he is elected, so he should be removed from the ballot by state election officials.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: corruption; lawfare
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To: frank ballenger

Agreed!


21 posted on 11/02/2023 3:48:15 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: The_Media_never_lie

When Trump wins, I’ll never forget the Republicans who jumped right in with the Democrats to beat Trump. That party will be dead in the dirt when the Trump era comes to a close.


22 posted on 11/02/2023 3:48:18 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: frank ballenger

It’s up to the locals in all 50 states to take out their own trash, and include the local globalist demo-commies while they’re at it. Put ‘em on the curb so they can be taken to the trash dump. (Tar and feathering prior to that completely optional for the locals.)


23 posted on 11/02/2023 4:07:03 PM PDT by curious7
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To: The_Media_never_lie

There have never been any people in the history of the world who are more hypocritical than modern Democrats.

They support the democratically-elected terrorist organization Hamas, call themselves “Democratic”, and yet are unwilling to accept the will of the people.

The same will scream bloody murder over the most reasonable, common-sense voter security measure of requiring IDs under the guise that somehow people are disenfranchised by this requirement. They know that allowing voting without ID invites fraud, and they know they benefit and are complicit in this election fraud.


24 posted on 11/02/2023 4:17:35 PM PDT by unlearner (Keep the faith. )
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To: The_Media_never_lie

I must have missed the trial that found him guilty of treason, along with the appeals. How can you deny someone access to the ballot on a mere allegation? The cart is definitely ahead of the horse here.


25 posted on 11/02/2023 4:47:55 PM PDT by Rowdyone (Vigilence)
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To: rxsid

“That key word, “Try” can be applied to any and everything that is unlawful or unconstitutional.”

Good point but would you say that if someone “tried” by legal means, to do something that was legal, it would not be breaking a law, or in this case be unconstitutional?

I can see, though, that high pressure or repetitive “trying” could be harassment.


26 posted on 11/02/2023 4:58:19 PM PDT by cymbeline
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To: curious7

Yes, local, but our national candidate might not be valued by the states’ GOP, RINO and certainly all the Dem states and the American people and Trump will suffer.


27 posted on 11/02/2023 5:38:37 PM PDT by frank ballenger (“My job is to inform, not to convince.” St. Bernadette Soubirous )
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To: frank ballenger

As far as I’m concerned America is done. 70 percent took the shots and the DOJ is totally corrupt. I mean corrupt down to the very city we live in. They have every kind of trick to steel the vote. The military has more things to do that help our own country and will let it fall to the ground. We are freakin toast.


28 posted on 11/02/2023 5:50:14 PM PDT by Cowgirl
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To: Cowgirl

God is judging America.


29 posted on 11/02/2023 5:51:14 PM PDT by who knows what evil?
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To: Cowgirl

steal the election…sorry


30 posted on 11/02/2023 5:54:24 PM PDT by Cowgirl
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To: who knows what evil?

As we well deserve.


31 posted on 11/02/2023 5:55:11 PM PDT by Cowgirl
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To: Cowgirl

Word.


32 posted on 11/02/2023 5:56:56 PM PDT by who knows what evil?
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Section 3 explicitly states “office UNDER the United States”. The Presidency has never been considered an office UNDER the United States.


33 posted on 11/02/2023 5:58:32 PM PDT by XRdsRev (Justice for Bernell Trammell, Trump supporter, murdered in 2020)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Engaging in this frivolous lawsuit indicates top Democrats have some concerns about Colorado, Minnesota, and Michigan being swing states in the 2024 election.


34 posted on 11/02/2023 6:07:54 PM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on )
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To: Cowgirl

As far as I’m concerned America is done. 70 percent took the shots and the DOJ is totally corrupt. I mean corrupt down to the very city we live in. They have every kind of trick to steel the vote. The military has more things to do that help our own country and will let it fall to the ground. We are freakin toast.

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The 2024 Presidential Election will be rigged, but it won’t be rigged in favor of the Biden/Harris virus.

The American Establishment isn’t going to have a Biden/Harris administration winning in 2024, that would set our financial & foreign policy operations back a decade.


35 posted on 11/02/2023 6:19:31 PM PDT by unclebankster ( Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel)
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To: rxsid

where is that famous term “standing” applied in any lawsuit against Trump?


36 posted on 11/02/2023 6:30:28 PM PDT by dmet
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To: jimfree
“As a barred attorney I am profoundly embarrassed to see how many lawyers have become Lavrentiy Beria clones.”

Now, that is saying something.

37 posted on 11/02/2023 6:36:52 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Pushback and disbarment would be letting them off way too easy.


38 posted on 11/02/2023 6:39:10 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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