A court rejects an attempt to remove Trump from the Minnesota primary ballot by use of a constitutional amendment.
“Ridiculous 14th Amendment lawsuit just thrown out by Minnesota Supreme Court. ‘Without Merit, Unconstitutional.’ Congratulations to all who fought this HOAX!” On Wednesday, Trump sent a message on his Truth Social platform.
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Officials who have taken an oath to defend the Constitution in the past are unable to hold office if they have “engaged in insurrection,” according to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
When hundreds of demonstrators broke into the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, during the certification of the 2020 election, Trump’s opponents accuse him of stirring a revolution.
Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung told CNN that the decision in Minnesota is “further validation of the Trump Campaign’s consistent argument that the 14th Amendment ballot challenges are nothing more than strategic, un-Constitutional attempts to interfere with the [2024] election.”
Cheung stated that the cases attempting to invoke the 14th Amendment to prevent Trump from being elected “should be summarily thrown out wherever they next arise,” According to CNN, there are still occurrences of this kind in Colorado and Michigan.
In its decision, the Minnesota Supreme Court said: “there is no state statute that prohibits a major political party from placing on the presidential nomination primary ballot … a candidate who is ineligible to hold office.”
“Because there is no error to correct here as to the presidential nomination primary … the petition must be dismissed,” the court ruled.
Will the organizations attempting to keep Trump off the primary ballot make an appeal? The past president cannot be removed from the general election ballot, the court decided.
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Politico reported that the court heard oral arguments in the case last week.
Ronald Fein, an attorney for the voters who brought the lawsuit, claimed that 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.”
“Should we do it? Even if we could do it and we can do it?” Chief Justice Natalie Hudson questioned, stating that if many states have differing interpretations of the Fourteenth Amendment, courts might unleash “chaos.”
“That’s why we have a U.S. Supreme Court, which is where this probably should be decided,” Hudson said.
Given that the phrase does not specifically name the president’s position, Justice Paul Thissen questions whether it applies to Trump.
Lacking the knowledge of the 14th administration and democratic leadership continues to malicious attempts to discredit former President Trump. This continuing Onslaught of Democratic politicians ( Attorney General’s and District
Attorney’s ) in mainly States controlled by the democratic politicians who have failed in every attempt to impeach or convicted Trump of bogus crimes and corruption allegations. They’ve have from day one when he taken office of Presidency been bombard with theses unfounded allegations. Maybe if they had Scrutinize, Joe, Biden, and his family, I Hillary Clinton, and there’s not forget the Obama administration the jail will be full
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