Posted on 09/06/2022 3:53:54 PM PDT by ransomnote
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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How about the federal officials who encouraged the BLM and Aunty riots
And paid bails
One would think this only has teeth if the person has been CONVICTED of such? No? Then this is BS.
Decision reversed in 3... 2... 1...
The same thing goes for the 14th Amendment crowd with anchor babies. In that time, in that place, under those circumstances, not twisting things and bringing it forward as applicable in current time when it isn't.
Can you explain in layman's terms how an Amendment concerning long dead men applies to a living man?
For trespassing.
For trespassing.
Thus the argument being made is that the Jan 6 was in fact an "insurrection"
Democrats chose that word, knowing that they may be able to use it in the context of the 14A. This judge bought their argument.
Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but he was NOT found guilty or even charged for insurrection... Guilty of Trespassing was the verdict.. He will, no doubt, win the appeal..
shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same,
The real question would be: was it an insurrection?
The DemonRats are driving that point home so as to use the 14th. It is a disgrace what they are doing.
You are far beyond my help. Have a good day.
I wonder, what are the chances of a lawsuit for defamation of character after such a thing..(?)
What a disgusting, dimwitted decision. Almost everyone who made the trip to D.C. was a stellar citizen - the best of the best. Tens of thousands more of us would have been there, too, as is our constitutional right, had there not been the COVID scare keeping people at and close to home. With the passage of time, history will identify those who came to D.C. that day to stand up and be counted for what was right. The judges who are twisting reality into a pretzel will be counted as historic criminals, traitors, and utter fools.
Sorry, but I guess I can’t come down to a level low enough to match your level of thinking. Have a good one.
Will Illon Omar and Crazy Ocasio be for idden from office for their insurrection against SCOTUS demanding?
Insurrection is quite a stretch from trespassing. I read where it could be considered felony trespassing if he planned to commit a crime while trespassing. I doubt he did.
Ok...but I don’t believe the intent there was for a judge to “just decide something” was an insurrection. Unless there’s a legal ruling it can’t be arbitrary by opinion.
The judge is right about an insurrection on Jan 6, only he’s targeting the wrong people.
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