Posted on 11/02/2023 5:19:03 PM PDT by RandFan
Efforts to keep former President Trump off the ballot under the 14th Amendment reached the Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday, with several justices during oral arguments appearing wary that they should be the ones to determine Trump’s eligibility.
The case, brought by a left-leaning nonprofit, is one of multiple across the country seeking to prevent Trump from returning to the presidency under the clause, which provides that anyone who took an oath to support the Constitution but then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” cannot hold office.
Thursday’s arguments concerned several legal issues the nonprofit must prevail on so their case can move ahead: Does the clause apply to presidents? Can the provision be enforced without legislation from Congress? Is the issue a political question outside of the court’s authority?
Five Minnesota Supreme Court justices, four of whom were appointed by Democrats, are weighing the case after two others on the court recused. Several justices Thursday expressed concerns about the various threshold issues.
Ron Fein, legal director for Free Speech For People, the nonprofit that filed the lawsuit on behalf of eight Minnesota voters, said the court’s intervention is necessary to “uphold the U.S. Constitution and defend American democracy.”
“Donald Trump engaged in rebellion and insurrection against the Constitution of the United States in a desperate attempt to remain in office after losing the election,” Fein told the justices.
“Section Three of the 14th Amendment protects the republic from oath-breaking insurrectionists, because its framers understood that, if they’re allowed back into power, they will do the same or worse. Section Three’s plain text bars Trump from ever holding office,” he added.
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Assuming that the state court rules against DJT...and cites the 14th Amendment as the basis of its decision...I would think that the Federal courts would have the authority to overrule the state court. However,I didn’t even stay at a Holiday Inn last night,let alone attend law school,so I suppose I could be wrong.
These people like Fein should be countersued for suberversive lawfare in creating a SLAPP by any other name, and Minnesota has specific protections against Fein's fraud upon the court, including the awarding of damages to President Trump:
Minnesota Statutes
CHAPTER 554. FREE SPEECH; PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT
Laurence Caplan, such an interesting moonbat LOFL:
Boynton area diamond thief: 'I am guilty' but hear my pain"WEST PALM BEACH — A 60-year-old Boynton Beach area man, who faces millions of dollars in judgments from failed diamond schemes across the country, on Thursday pleaded guilty to wire fraud in admitting he pawned a 4.05-carat diamond ring he didn’t own.
“I am guilty of what I did,” Scott Meyrowitz told U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks. “I am.”
But as he has done in other cases around the country, Meyrowitz immediately dialed back his admission of wrongdoing. He insisted he was under enormous pressure when he defrauded people he described as “friends or clients for 30 years.”
However, court records show Meyrowitz owes a tremendous amount of money — not including the $1.3 million he must pay a New York diamond wholesaler who owned the pawned ring that contained what FBI agents described as a "flawless heart-shaped blue diamond."
Meyrowitz owes nearly $1 million to a Texas man who invested in his failed plan to mine diamonds in Sierra Leone, court records show. He owes an Arizona woman nearly $2.8 million for not repaying her after she loaned him $900,000 to purchase a 4.14-carat diamond that he claimed he could sell for $1.8 million, according to a judgment filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court.
Further, one of his former attorneys — Boynton Beach lawyer Lawrence Caplan — is suing him for more than $500,000, claiming Meyrowitz double-crossed him in a deal to develop a high-tech mailbox that would protect letters and packages from theft. Boca Raton attorney Andrew Schwartz is also suing Meyrowitz, claiming he walked away from a nearly $50,000 legal bill.
Despite Levin’s decision, Meyrowitz sued Wells Fargo and Brendel in federal court in West Palm Beach. The bank reached a confidential settlement with Meyrowitz over his claims that it improperly released his bank records.
However, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra threw out Meyrowitz’s allegations against Brendel. He ordered Meyrowitz and attorney Caplan to pay Brendel $39,000 to cover his legal expenses.
"I rue the day I met him with his snake-skinned boots," Caplan said. "I should have run."
A "high-tech mailbox" LOFL. Catches mice too! AHAHAHAHAAAAAA!
Well, you're just a real dope, aren't you Caplan, you shyster, you schnorrer, you schnook. Schadenfreude!
Looks like there might be a hand counting of ballots nationwide, simply to have to count the overwhelming number of write-in ballots with Trump’s name upon them. HAHA!
GLORIOUS!
...what about the current fool occupying the WH?
Is JoeBama mentally able to fulfill his role?
(Que the crickets)
Trump hasn’t been charged with insurrection or rebellion.
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