Posted on 12/30/2023 7:47:17 AM PST by John Semmens
Maine's Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) ruled that former president Donald Trump cannot appear on the Maine primary election ballot this March. She cited Section 3 of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment as the justification for her decision. This amendment was ratified in 1868. In part, it sought to punish the leaders of the Confederate States of America for starting the insurrection that became the 1861-1865 Civil War in which 700,000 Americans died by barring them from ever holding public office again.
"I do not reach this conclusion lightly," Bellows said. "I am mindful that no Secretary of State has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access. Democracy is sacred. I'm doing my utmost to protect it."
Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said "we are witnessing, in real-time, the attempted theft of an an upcoming election and the disenfranchisement of the American voter. These partisan election interference efforts are a hostile assault on American democracy."
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Me) also opposed Bellows' action, saying that "Maine voters should decide who wins the election — not a Secretary of State chosen by the Legislature," Collins said.
State Rep. John Andrews (R-Paris) wants to impeach Bellows. "President Trump has not been convicted of insurrection," he pointed out. "Trump hasn't even been charged with insurrection. None of those arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned for their actions in the January 6, 2021 disturbance at the Capitol have been charged with insurrection."
Bellows defended her unilateral disqualification of Trump, saying "Germany allowed Hitler to stay on the ballot even though he was convicted of treason in 1924 for leading an unsuccessful insurrection. He became the country's president and set the nation on course for the atrocities of World War II. I'm taking the unprecedented action to do what others have been afraid to do to save our democracy before American voters make the same mistake that German voters made in the 1930s by electing Hitler."
In related news, President Biden is well on his way to setting a record for vacation days taken by a president. So far he has spent 39% of his term on vacation. Even if he doesn't take another vacation day until his mandatory retirement in January 2029 he will still eclipse the previous record of 11% shared jointly by Presidents Reagan and Obama. In contrast, workaholic President Jimmy Carter was on vacation only 5% of his time in office.
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So, what was satirical? Or, semi-satirical??
Sounds like Bellows suffers from a severe case of misandry.
In the first instance, when does a Supreme Court issue a finding of fact? That's for the lower Courts to do, with proper representation by each side. If such a circus has been held in Colorado, the proceeding would have been front page news. Crickets.
In the second instance, it's one person's opinion. Again, no nod to proper order. Additionally, isn't election law set by the State legislature and not the executive branch?
We are supposed to be a country operating under the rule of law. This don't have the look of doing so.
In Maine, one person can determine who is or is not a candidate and can control the entire State’s political system? What kind of fools run that State.
The self-serving Bellows certainly has an elevated view of herself.
Not many public officials would take on the job of
being judge, jury and executioner, all at the same time.
Someone needs to remind her......
the SoS job does not come with a sword and scepter.
What kind of fools run that State.
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Just one of the many across the USA
She isn’t even a lawyer. Just a political hack
We can’t vote properly in “Our Democracy” unless we BAN certain names from appearing on the ballot...
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