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JUST IN: Maine Court Orders Trump Back on Ballot Pending SCOTUS Ruling
GATEWAYPUNDIT ^ | 1/17/2024 | cristina laila

Posted on 01/17/2024 3:35:02 PM PST by bitt

The Maine Superior Court on Wednesday ordered Trump back on the ballot pending a decision from the US Supreme Court.

President Trump appealed Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ 2024 ballot ban to the state superior court on Tuesday.

“Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Tuesday appealed Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ ruling that deemed him ineligible from appearing on the state’s GOP primary ballot to Maine’s Superior Court, the state’s top trial court,” ABC News reported.

Maine’s psychotic Democrat Secretary of State Shenna Bellows unilaterally barred Trump from the 2024 ballot because she decided the former president is an insurrectionist.

Bellows issued the order after the Colorado Supreme Court disqualified Trump from the 2024 ballot.

The legal theories are based on Section 3 of the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment which states public officials who have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against” the US may be disqualified from public office.

Trump has not been charged with engaging in insurrection or rebellion against the United States.

Bellows, who isn’t even a lawyer, concluded: “Trump’s primary petition is invalid.”

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: arrestshennabellows; ballot; bellows; electioninteference; maine; mainecourt; shennabellows; trump

1 posted on 01/17/2024 3:35:02 PM PST by bitt
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2 posted on 01/17/2024 3:35:17 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: bitt

Why is this not on the top of the Scotus docket?


3 posted on 01/17/2024 3:36:39 PM PST by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic)
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To: bitt

WINNING!

Go Trump or GO HOME! :)


4 posted on 01/17/2024 3:38:43 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Go Trump or Go Home........cute.


5 posted on 01/17/2024 3:41:55 PM PST by Liz
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To: bitt

Betcha she’ll say “there’s not enough time” to put him back on the ballot....

She should then be arrested and imprisoned for insurrection and interference with elections.


6 posted on 01/17/2024 3:43:19 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: All

I’m glad to see that obnoxious creep Bellows taken down a notch.

Betcha Biden’s not answering her phone calls.....snx.


7 posted on 01/17/2024 3:44:05 PM PST by Liz
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To: bitt

I am kind of hoping that they they succeed. Crazy, but it will be clear evidence of cheating in our national election — they prevented him from being on the ballot.

They’ll spin it but there will be no way around it. The election was rigged.

I believe that they are hoping that the higher court system will pull their fat out of the fire. But what if it doesn’t happen?

Can they honestly claim that the election was fair? Nope, no way, no how.

Then what? Maybe we need the “then what.” Democrats for years have played fast and loose with the legal system.


8 posted on 01/17/2024 3:46:42 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: bitt

Maine finally gets a small glimpse of sanity from the court.


9 posted on 01/17/2024 3:49:48 PM PST by Tudorfly (All things are possible within the will of God.)
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To: Liz
We have learned that the legal system is rotten to the core. That includes the executive branch too. We already knew that the legislative branch rotten.

The sad truth is that the once valued and respected agencies are not trusted.

Please do the right thing. Please reclaim our trust by doing the right and honest thing. Whistle blowers, media, even the organizations .... you are up to bat.

10 posted on 01/17/2024 3:51:20 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: Tudorfly

The problem is that there are too many turds in the punch bowl.


11 posted on 01/17/2024 3:52:05 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: dhs12345

It’s gonna take a miracle for liberal Dems to do the right thing.

Dems only do what makes them “feel good” about themselves.


12 posted on 01/17/2024 3:55:14 PM PST by Liz
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President Trump had appealed loony Maine Secy of State Shenna Bellows’ ballot ban ...

Bellows is a total suckup to Biden.....to get herself a higher office, maybe a better job w/ Biden.

Meanwhile Biden is whining about “saving democracy” from Trump,
as the idiot Bellows disenfranchised 300,000 voters right to vote
by banning Trump from the ballot.


13 posted on 01/17/2024 4:06:14 PM PST by Liz
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To: bitt

Maine should be booted out of the United States and given 24 hours to move to North Korea.


14 posted on 01/17/2024 4:11:35 PM PST by sergeantdave (AI is the next iteration of a copy and paste machine.)
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To: bitt

Take THAT, Dictator Bellows!


15 posted on 01/17/2024 4:29:04 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: sergeantdave

Tell that to the thousands of disabled veterans in Maine, including Travis Mills.

Not a single person voted for Bellows; she was appointed by RATS, never elected.

Trump won Maine’s Second District by 10 points in 2016 and 2020, winning an electoral vote each time.


16 posted on 01/17/2024 5:08:53 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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To: bitt

Hoorah!

The left is having exploding heads in Maine!


17 posted on 01/17/2024 6:50:55 PM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: Liz
And they hate America and what she stands for. At least some of them do. Many.

Being American and being proud of America was something that tied us all together. That is gone although I am still very proud of America,and proud to be an American while the continue to tear the country apart.

Actually, they are stupid for doing so. They don't appreciate the wonderful gift America has given us. But they will when it is gone and they are successful in destroying America. Then they will whine and complain about it and wonder what happened.

18 posted on 01/19/2024 7:00:08 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: bitt

Shenna Bellows....quite deserving of the SLAP DOWN.


19 posted on 01/19/2024 7:01:25 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: bitt

Maine has RCV and RCV-enabled electronic voting machines.

And high tech is the only way to steal a landslide.


20 posted on 01/19/2024 7:11:29 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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