Posted on Dec 30, 2023
Why Trump's critics are citing Justice Gorsuch in fight over ballots, insurrection
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As the legal battle over whether Donald Trump is eligible to appear on 2024 ballots moves − inevitably − toward the Supreme Court, one justice in particular is being singled out by the former president’s critics: his first nominee, Neil Gorsuch.
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, cited Gorsuch in her decision Thursday that Trump is ineligible to appear on that state’s ballot because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. When the Colorado Supreme Court made a similar decision earlier this month, the justices also quoted Gorsuch.
Trump’s opponents have zeroed in on a short opinion Gorsuch wrote in 2012 when he was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit – nearly five years before Trump named him to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia. The case dealt with a presidential candidate who was struck from Colorado’s ballot because he was not, as the Constitution requires, a “natural born citizen.”
As the legal battle over whether Donald Trump is eligible to appear on 2024 ballots moves − inevitably − toward the Supreme Court, one justice in particular is being singled out by the former president’s critics: his first nominee, Neil Gorsuch.
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, cited Gorsuch in her decision Thursday that Trump is ineligible to appear on that state’s ballot because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. When the Colorado Supreme Court made a similar decision earlier this month, the justices also quoted Gorsuch.
Trump’s opponents have zeroed in on a short opinion Gorsuch wrote in 2012 when he was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit – nearly five years before Trump named him to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia. The case dealt with a presidential candidate who was struck from Colorado’s ballot because he was not, as the Constitution requires, a “natural born citizen.”
Why Trump's critics are citing Justice Gorsuch in fight over ballots, insurrection
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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Trump does not have to be charged or convicted. Not only that if you accept Trumps statement that he won the 2020 election then that would make him ineligible under the 22nd Amendment which prohibits anyone "elected" twice to run for a third time. Nothing in the 22nd requires one to serve the term they were elected to serve. Also remember each state has its own election laws and only the state has the authority to allow a name to be on their ballots. Its a States Rights issue and Law.
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