Huge Win for Trump: Judge Swiftly Dismisses Lawsuit Against Him, Rules Plaintiffs Have No Standing

Western Journal ^ | September 1, 2023 | C. Douglas Golden

[lowbridge]

How intellectually impoverished is the argument that the 14th Amendment prevents Donald Trump from running for president?

So much so, in fact, that a Barack Obama-appointed judge swiftly dismissed a lawsuit from a group arguing the former president shouldn’t be able to appear on the Florida primary ballot because of the events of Jan. 6, 2021.

According to the Palm Beach Post, Judge Robin Rosenberg didn’t rule on whether the 14th Amendment could apply to Trump’s 2024 candidacy.

“Instead, Rosenberg ruled that the plaintiffs, Boynton Beach attorney Lawrence Caplan and two others, lacked ‘standing’ to bring the challenge,” the outlet reported.

“Plaintiffs lack standing to challenge Defendant’s qualifications for seeking the Presidency,” the ruling read.

Instead, she said, “the injuries alleged” from the events of Jan. 6, 2021, “are not cognizable and not particular to them” and that “an individual citizen does not have standing to challenge whether another individual is qualified to hold public office.”

In the ruling, the judge also cited prior precedent, in which plaintiffs weren’t able to keep candidates off the ballot because of their association with Jan. 6.

[model B]

That might tell you something a lot here are unwilling to admit.

[Nuc 1.1]

While I am happy for President Trump for this ruling, more importantly, our jurisprudence system needs to be cleansed of this idea of “Standing”.

Agreed.

[skr]

Indeed! This seems more like a cop-out than a definitive answer based on the facts of the case. If an American citizen doesn’t have standing in an election case, who does?

[Observator]

While I am happy for President Trump for this ruling, more importantly, our jurisprudence system needs to be cleansed of this idea of “Standing”.

I hear this point brandished frequently. The time for talking is over- let's suggest the most MAGA state adopt this approach where jurisdiction applies and prove to the nation what a fantastic idea it is!

[HollyB]

Our representatives

[popdonnelly]

Excellent! Kudos to this judge, who took her oath of office seriously.

[Laslo Fripp]

Bump for that link alone.

[Salvation]

BTTT!

[Hot Tabasco]

The Montana governor lost that case that could have been won. So the question is, who paid him off?

https://edberry.com/held-v-montana/

[ComputerGuy]

cognizable

I like that word.

[sauropod]

bkmk

[dragnet2]

[Syncro]

“an individual citizen does not have standing to challenge whether another individual is qualified to hold public office.”

In the ruling, the judge also cited prior precedent, in which plaintiffs weren’t able to keep candidates off the ballot because of their association

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Nice.

A judge making a good ruling.

👍

[Syncro]

0ops, left a few words off the end: "...ballot because of their association with Jan. 6.