Eleni Kounalakis, the lieutenant governor of California, is pleading with Shirley Weber, the secretary of state, to look into legal options for removing former president Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot.
A new request to keep Trump off Colorado’s ballot cites a groundbreaking ruling. In light of the ruling rendered by the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday, this motion draws attention to Trump’s purported complicity in the Capitol incident of January 6, 2021. It justifies his removal from the state ballot by using the Fourteenth Amendment’s disqualification provision.
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Kounalakis stresses in her letter how crucial it is to defend democracy and the constitution, emphasizing that this is not about playing political games.
“I am prompted by the Colorado Supreme Court’s recent ruling that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the state’s ballot as a Presidential Candidate due to his role in inciting an insurrection in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021,” she wrote.
“This decision is about honoring the rule of law in our country and protecting the fundamental pillars of our democracy.” She asked Secretary Weber to act before the certified list of candidates for the March 5, 2024, primary election is released, which is scheduled for the following week.
The action is controversial; conservatives claim it is a prejudiced attempt to rig elections and silence critics.
Reiterating the Colorado ruling’s bipartisan legitimacy is conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch. However, it is imperative to acknowledge that state-level determinations ought not to impose limitations on national electoral eligibility. This is particularly crucial when a former president or another powerful person is involved.
Significant legal issues are raised by a contentious move. Is it possible for a state to arbitrarily declare a presidential candidate ineligible based just on how they interpret the federal constitution? Does this move also violate the democratic concept of letting the electorate choose their own candidates? Be prepared for increased political tensions in a country that is already divided and possible knock-on repercussions.
Trump prevails over litigation pertaining to ballot access, while new resistance arises in another state.
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This Friday, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows will make a significant decision about the eligibility of the state’s front-runner and former president for the March 5, 2024, Republican primary. According to the accusations made against him, Trump is ineligible because of an insurrectionist provision included in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
Trump has had an unstoppable winning run when it comes to ballot access fights. A presidential contender with little chance of winning has been among the litigants whose standing has been continuously denied by many courts and secretaries of state.
Democratic state legislator Ethan Strimling and Republican state legislator Kimberly Rosen have filed a lawsuit in Maine, claiming that the president incited an insurrection against Congress on January 6, 2021, by his words and deeds during the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
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