Posted on 04/09/2022 4:31:17 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., in a hearing in federal court on Friday, sought to quash a legal challenge that would bar her from running for another term in Congress.
Federal Judge Amy Totenberg heard arguments from lawyers for Greene, a first-term member of Congress from northwest Georgia, and from voters in her district who want to block her from running for reelection.
The lawsuit against Greene seeks to prevent her from appearing on future ballots because it alleges she violated the Constitution by encouraging and “facilitating” the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
The challenge to Greene’s candidacy is being brought by residents of Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, which she represents. The legal effort is being spearheaded by a nonpartisan legal advocacy group, Free Speech for People, and a progressive political action group, Our Revolution.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Greene sought Friday to prevent the state of Georgia from hearing the challenge in the first place. Judge Totenberg, the sister of National Public Radio legal correspondent Nina Totenberg, is expected to issue a ruling Monday on whether the challenge can move forward.
If Totenberg allows the case to proceed, arguments will be heard next week by administrative law judge Charles Beaudrot Jr.
The groups bringing the challenge against Greene’s candidacy describe it as “a national campaign to ensure that election officials across the country follow the mandate of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment and bar elected officials who engaged in the insurrection, including former President Donald Trump, from appearing on any future ballot.”
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Political activity is illegal for people we don’t like.
bar elected officials who engaged in the insurrection,
including former President Donald Trump,
from appearing on any future ballot.”
Nope. https://freespeechforpeople.org/
“The challenge to Greene’s candidacy is being brought by residents of Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, which she represents.”
I didn’t know that George Soros was a resident of Georgia’s 14th Congressional District.
Any democrats that supported pantiesinawadfa should have that applied.
They are trying the same stunt against Madison Cawthorne in North Carolina...
How can you have a rebellion if nobody has been charged with insurrection? And if you don’t have a rebellion then how can you invoke the 14th Amendment?
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The left cannot win on their IDEAS, so they have to go the lawfare route.
So sick of these thugs.
Lawsuit to throttle dissent is brought by “Free Speech for People”
Classic.
The Judge is Nina Totenberg’s lefty sister.
Bar Insurrectionists From the Ballot
It would AWESOME if we can stop candidates from running based on violating The constitution,
Hold Trump Accountable – No One is Above the Law
The Case for Barring Madison Cawthorn from the Ballot
If what happened on January 6, 2021, counts as an insurrection, then what about the BLM riots of Summer 2020?
The Case for Barring Madison Cawthorn from the Ballot
thoughtcrime doubleplusungood
These people have no standing, the court should throw it out. In addition the complaint is a political question - the plaintiff can campaign on that and let the people, fake ballots and all the dead demonikraps to decide. Greene has neither been charged nor convicted of insurrection (don’t be surprised if Snake Garland jumps in here).
But tossing garbage cases like this an then charging the plaintiffs attorneys for bringing frivolous lawsuits ... that happened when the country called the USA had and followed a Constitution and there was equal justice under the law. We are a lot closer to banana republic, Venezuela legal system now.
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