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State’s Begin Fight To Remove Trump From Ballot

From chadhagan.com

First off, I’m not a Trump apologist. That said, here is my take on the state ballot snafu.

States hoping to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the ballot have created a tsunami of controversy and debate in political circles.

In Colorado, the court’s move to disqualify former President Donald Trump from holding office under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is rife with errors.

Perhaps this is why Colorado’s Secretary of State has thrown this up to SCOTUS.

The rationale of the misguided is Trump’s alleged involvement in the U.S. Capitol attack on January 6th, 2021, where his supporters stormed the Capitol building in protest of the presidential election results.

At the moment Colorado and Maine are attempting to hold Trump responsible for his personal actions during the protest and has deemed his actions to be an insurrection, no court has convicted Trump of engaging in insurrection or rebellion.

If you remember, he was acquitted of that charge in his second impeachment by the Senate.

Heritage Foundation election law expert Hans von Spakovsky has pointed out that Section 3 of the 14 Amendment strictly applies to individuals who were previously members of Congress, officers of the United States, or state officials. Elected individuals, such as the President and Vice President, do not fall under the ambit of Section 3.

And Jed Babbin, editor of the American Spectator, stated: “to be consistent with Section 3 in that a disqualification can only be based on a judicial finding or verdict that a person has engaged in an insurrection or rebellion against the United States or given aid and comfort to its enemies. Trump, having never been convicted of such an offense, cannot be barred from the Colorado — or any other states’ — ballots on the basis of Section 3.”

At the very least, by disqualifying a former President without a conviction, the court is showing that they are more than willing to rob voters of their right to choose who becomes the next President.

Still, it is hard to take partisan shots seriously – even from a state supreme court.

Perhaps even more ironic is the disregard of the First Amendment by disqualifying Trump based on his January 6th speech.

There is no need for additional attacks on the cornerstones of American democracy.

Free speech should be protected at all costs. So should the rule of law. Yet here, the 14th Amendment, meant to ensure equal protection under the law for all citizens, has been twisted to disqualify a former president without a conviction.

I’m quite confused by all of this. Not only are they giving Trump more power and setting him up to look like the ultimate underdog, but these states, and by association the Democrats, are now the ones perceived to have undermined the process of democracy- something Democrats have long blamed Republicans for.

Let’s hope for a swift demise by the U.S. Supreme Court. We don’t want this to reverberate across all the blue states and become de rigueur for future elections. No matter the temptation, let’s keep America free from banana republic strategies.

https://chadhagan.com/2023/12/29/states-begin-fight-to-remove-trump-from-ballot/

State’s Begin Fight To Remove Trump From Ballot First off, I’m not a Trump apologist. That said, here is my take on the state ballot snafu. States hoping to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the ballot have created a tsunami of…