A lawsuit to keep former President Donald Trump off the Nevada presidential ballot was rejected by a court. The action was viewed by the judge as a staged political show.
Judge Gloria M. Navarro of the U.S. District Court rejects John Anthony Castro’s complaint contesting Donald Trump’s right to run for office without examining the constitutionality of Castro’s assertion. Newsweek references former President Barack Obama’s nomination of Navarro.
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“This is a politically charged question of significant interest to the American public,” The decision said, nevertheless, that “the Court finds that Castro lacks standing, and the Court therefore lacks jurisdiction to hear this case.”
Castro argues that his candidacy would harm him since he will be on Nevada’s primary ballot, according to the court, adding “the Court finds that Castro lacks standing, and the Court therefore lacks jurisdiction to hear this case.”
“In rejecting his political competitor standing argument, courts have found that Castro improperly manufactured his standing merely to file this lawsuit,” the ruling said.
The decision cited a finding against Castro from New Hampshire, which said, “evidence indicates that Castro is creating his own injury in order to manufacture standing to challenge Trump’s eligibility to run for president. Indeed, by his own admission, Castro declared as a candidate and paid the filing fee to show the impermissibility of Trump’s presidency.”
The decision said that, “In an Associated Press article that Castro invited the courts to consider, Castro is quoted as stating, ‘I’m not going to lie and pretend my candidacy is anything more than trying to enforce the United States Constitution, and that’s what I’m here to do.’”
The decision demonstrates that Trump and Castro are not in competition. This is because Trump is taking part in a GOP caucus, which is not the primary election, whereas Castro is running in the Nevada Republican Party primary.
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“Because Castro does not have standing to challenge Trump’s eligibility to run for president, the Court does not have jurisdiction to rule on the merits of this case,” the ruling said.
Steven Cheung, a campaign spokesperson for Trump, stated that “dismissal of another bogus, bad-faith, Crooked Joe Biden-engineered attempt to deprive Americans as a whole, and the voters of Nevada specifically, of their right to vote for the candidate of their choice is not only a victory for President Trump, but a victory for all Americans and the people of Nevada,” based on Fox News.
“President Trump remains undefeated in federal court against these cynical efforts to interfere in the 2024 election. Courts in eleven states have now dismissed similar, pathetic, 14th Amendment ballot cases,” Cheung said.
“Make no mistake, each and every one of these ‘ballot-challenges’ are blatant attempts to steal the election for Crooked Joe Biden and disenfranchise over 100 million American voters,” he said.
“President Trump is the leading candidate for not only the Republican primary, but the general election and his opponents are desperate. Rest assured that he will fight each and every one of these disgraceful attacks on American democracy, he will win, and we will all Make America Great Again,” he said.
In a recent decision, the Colorado Supreme Court invoked the 14th Amendment to prevent Trump from being eligible to vote. But now that an appeal has been filed, Trump has brought the case before the US Supreme Court.
On February 8, the court has set a hearing for the matter.
