As shocking as it has been to witness the anti-democratic one-two punch involving a Colorado court and an unelected bureaucrat in Maine has decided that Donald Trump cannot appear on the primary ballots, many more states are facing a lawsuit to ban the candidate currently leading the national race.
In addition to Colorado and Maine, there are currently ongoing lawsuits challenging Trump’s eligibility Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyomingaccording to a New York Times overview of the situation.
Together, the states where Trump’s status is actively contested account for 269 electoral votes – in a game where you need 270 to win.
Although there is a lot of red on the map, this underestimates the scale of the phenomenon. These are just the states where both officials have decided that Trump cannot appear on a ballot, or where a lawsuit is currently underway.
Expect other states to go “red” in a bad way. Some of these include states like Michigan and Minnesota, where Trump’s rise to power is disputed primary ballots were rejected. These rulings had no bearing on the general election, so look for those plaintiffs to emerge from their lawsuits after the Republican primaries.
That is, unless a Supreme Court ruling first puts an end to all this madness, with Democratic judges and officials banning Trump on the false argument that he was involved in an insurrection against the United States government on January 6, 2021 . therefore excluded by the 14th Amendment. Written to block Confederate officials from U.S. government services, here is the full text of the provision in question: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or an elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of a State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any The State shall, in support of the Constitution of the United States, have engaged in an insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, can remove such a disability. Trump has never been charged, let alone convicted, for participating in an insurrection. Setting aside the due process dimension, and the fact that January 6 did not even begin to approach an “insurrection” in the first place, an argument can be made that the 14th Amendment does not apply to the office of president.
That is, unless a Supreme Court ruling first puts an end to all this madness, in which Democratic judges and officials ban Trump based on the false argument that he engaged in an insurrection against the United States government on January 6, 2021, and is therefore excluded from the 14th Amendment.
Written to block Confederate officials from US government service, here is the full text of the provision in question:
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or an elector of the President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State whatsoever. who, having previously taken an oath as a member of Congress or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of a legislature of any state, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, have been guilty of insurrection or rebellion against the same, or aid or comfort given to the enemies thereof. But Congress, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, can remove such a disability.
Trump has never been charged, let alone convicted, for participating in an insurrection. Setting aside the due process dimension, and the fact that January 6 did not even begin to approach an “insurrection” in the first place, an argument can be made that the 14th Amendment does not apply to the office of president.
My statement on the Maine Secretary of State’s statement: pic.twitter.com/ByO3XJe1JS
— Congressman Jared Golden (@RepGolden) December 29, 2023
The RealClearPolitics polling average has done just that Trump beats Biden, 46.8% to 44.5%. A Bloomberg/Morning Consult Pro from December questionnaire found it Trump leads Biden in seven examined battleground states: North Carolina (+11), Georgia (+7), Wisconsin (+6), Nevada (+5), Michigan (+4), Arizona (+3) and Pennsylvania (+1). That study used a vote in which Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West and Jill Stein participated.
In this distinctly Orwellian era we live in, it is only fitting that several challenges are led by a group called Free Speech for People.; their website invites you to “join the fight for free and fair elections.”