Maine Supreme Court :1A New Turns Down Trump Run For Office.
Maine Supreme Court turns down Trump’s request to be allowed to run for office.
The top court in Maine on Wednesday night declined to comment on whether former President Donald Trump can continue to appear on the state’s ballot, upholding a judge’s ruling that the US Supreme Court must first make a ruling in a case that is similar to one in Colorado.
Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows of Maine determined that Trump did not qualify for the ballot under the U.S.
Maine Supreme Court :1A New Turns Down Trump Run For Office.
Constitution’s insurrection clause; however, a judge postponed her decision until the Supreme Court ruled on a related case in Colorado.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court unanimously rejected Bellows’ appeal of the ruling ordering her to wait for the U.S. Supreme Court ruling before rescinding, amending, or maintaining her decision to keep
On Super Tuesday, Trump was not on the primary ballot.
“The Secretary of State claims that there will be irreversible harm since voters will become confused if there is a delay in determining whether Trump’s name should appear on the primary ballot.
However, it is precisely because of this uncertainty that we have decided not to pursue an immediate appellate review in this specific case,” the court stated.
Bellows became the first election official to remove the Republican front-runner from the ballot under the 14th Amendment when she declared in December that Trump was ineligible.
Maine Supreme Court :1A New Turns Down Trump Run For Office.
The state supreme court in Colorado came to the same decision.
With Maine’s March 5 primary quickly approaching, the timelines are short. On February 8, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the Colorado case; Maine has already started mailing ballots to foreign addresses.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which forbids persons who “engaged in insurrection” from holding public office, has never been decided by the nation’s highest court.
Maine Supreme Court :1A New Turns Down Trump Run For Office.
According to some legal experts, Trump’s involvement in the effort to rig the 2020 presidential election and his encouragement of supporters to storm the U.S.
Capitol following his defeat by Democrat Joe Biden qualify him under the post-Civil War clause.
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