Judge Unseats Official Who Trespassed at Capitol on Jan. 6

www.nytimes.com ^ | September 6, 2022 | Luke Broadwater and Alan Feuer

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WASHINGTON — A judge in New Mexico on Tuesday ordered a county commissioner convicted of participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol removed from office under the 14th Amendment, making him the first public official in more than a century to be barred from serving under a constitutional ban on insurrectionists holding office.

The ruling declared the Capitol assault an insurrection and unseated Couy Griffin, a commissioner in New Mexico’s Otero County and the founder of Cowboys for Trump, who was convicted earlier this year of trespassing when he breached barricades outside the Capitol during the attack. The judge’s order grabbed the attention of advocates across the country who have been pushing to use the 14th Amendment to disqualify former President Donald J. Trump and elected officials who worked with him in seeking to overturn the 2020 election from holding office in the future.

In his decision, Judge Francis J. Mathew of the New Mexico District Court said the insurrection on Jan. 6 included not only the mob violence that unfolded that day, but also the “surrounding planning, mobilization and incitement” that led to it.

“Mr. Griffin is constitutionally disqualified from serving,” the judge wrote.

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[joshua c]

who determined it was an insurrection other than political hacks?

he will no doubt appeal

[mrmeyer]

Judge Francis J. Mathew

[G Larry]

Appeal it.

Jan. 6th was NOT an "insurrection"!!!

[jimfree]

I have a law license. Not sure one needs such to recognize obvious grounds for appeal.

[SuperLuminal]

DOX the POS...

[HandBasketHell]

Appeal.

Make the judge prove it was an insurrection.

These TDS people are DESPERATE.

[blackdog]

When I read his account I see nothing nefarious or conduct not protected in his rights under the constitution. (Besides being foolish enough to plead guilty)

[Paladin2]

Let NM join Mexico.

[G Larry]

Doubt he plead guilty to “insurrection”.....

[kiryandil]

stooge Mathew, a RINO appointed by RINO New Mexico governor Susana Martinez.

[mass55th]

The guy was never charged with insurrection, or found guilty of it, so this Judge’s decision needs to be challenged on appeal.

[blackdog]

I thought I read he plead guilty to trespass. One year probation.

[blackdog]

Trespass.

[DannyTN]

"Not sure one needs such to recognize obvious grounds for appeal."

Not a lawyer, but I play one on FR, so let me state the obvious...

• Not an insurrection.
• It's a county position in a state, not a federal position.
• I doubt there was evidence that he was part of the planning for Jan 6.
• And I bet he wasn't even armed. How is that an insurrection and not a peaceful protest.
• And cops opened the gates, the doors and waved people in.
• The judge's comment sounds like the judge is targeting Trump.
• The insurrection law was civil war related, not sure it applies to anything else.

• How did I do?

[G Larry]

Yes, so this Judge citing the 14th Amendment is full of crap and his ruling needs to be overturned.

[DannyTN]

and had I read more of the comments:

• He's not been convicted on insurrection just trespass.

[grobdriver]

The ruling declared the Capitol assault an insurrection and unseated Couy Griffin

How can this be legal? Some judge "declares"?

[Repeal The 17th]

See: Amnesty Act Of 1872
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_Act

[1FreeAmerican]

Wasn’t that part of the 14th Amendment repealed?