Posted on 08/27/2023 8:48:38 AM PDT by bitt
A challenge has been filed in a federal court seeking a declaratory relief on the eligibility of President Donald Trump to run in the 2024 Presidential Election.
The petitioner cites Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which disqualifies individuals involved in “insurrections” against the government from running for federal office.
The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday by Lawrence A. Caplan, alleges that Trump is constitutionally prohibited from running for president again due to his alleged involvement in the January 6 “insurrection” at the U.S. Capitol.
Caplan claimed he has participated in the last twelve presidential elections and is a legal resident of Florida. He is also a member of various state bars and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, asserting that this gives him standing in the matter.
Below is a transcript from the complaint:
"The facts of this case are undeniably simple. Donald J. Trump served a the 45th President of the United States having won the election in 2016 and was inaugurated on January 20, 2017. He served for four years until he lost the 2020 Presidential Election to Joseph R. Biden, Jr. who took office on January 20, 2021. President Trump chose not to appear at the inauguration of his successor. Having left for his estate in South Florida while the ceremony was taking place…
On January 6, 2021, after giving a speech to a throng on the Ellipse near the Capitol, President Trump exhorted the throng to march to the Capitol and told them that he would be right there with them. After he was finished with his speech, Trump returned to the White House and watched he later events unfold on television. As we are well aware, the throng marched on the Capitol, forced their way into the Capitol building, ransacked the rotunda area, and even made their way into several offices of representatives and senators…
Of note, President Trump had sent out a tweet the day before claiming that “January 6th will be wild”. Trump also later remarked that the insurrectionists who had breached the Capitol were “special” and that “we love you”. He also later remarked that had Vice-President Pence simply done his job and refused to certify the results of the election that everything would have been fine. Not for several hours were the National Guard called in to quell the insurrection as allegedly President Trump refused to do so and had been mesmerized by the events that were taking place on his television at the White House…"
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DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING!
Hoft says “insurrections” but just one would be enough.
I’ll take that bet.
And add that my bet is that not only will this fail, it will blowback if its tried more extensively.
Why? The unhinged Maddow viewers who actually think that there was an “insurrection” on Jan 6 would vote for Hitler before they would vote for Trump.
Even lukewarm Rep. Voters will be incandescent if the Repulican nominee is seen as being denied a place on the ballot. If the Rats think that it’s time to raise the stakes after these outrageous indictments, they are going to get a big surprise.
You’ve got to get away from MSM. Its like a broken record. The majority of people are now watching alternative media where there are many people who have connections at high levels.
Donald Trump is the face of a large 8 year operation that is dismantling the criminal cabal that has attempted to hijack our country. Trump is not one man working alone.
Its a pretty unpleasant ride but we’re in the final stages. These idiots in the Biden organization are in their last desperate weeks and months. They are not going to go gently. But they will go. I have no doubt of it.
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