Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday appealed Maine Secretary of State Shena Bellows' decision to remove him from the state's ballot.
Trump submitted bring the action The Maine court said Bellows was a biased decision-maker, had no legal authority to remove it from the ballot, and “committed multiple errors of law and acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner.” did. On December 28, Bellows ruled that Trump was ineligible to appear on the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, and that an individual who had sworn an oath to the Constitution and rebelled against the Constitution was ineligible to hold office. was prohibited.
“Even if Maine law empowered the Secretary under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to consider challenges to President Trump’s candidacy (which it did not), the Secretary “He could not have erred as a matter of law in failing to properly consider the provisions of the Articles of Invention,'' Trump's appeal states. (Related article: Meet the three politicians behind the challenge that led to Trump being removed from the vote)
Here is Maine's appeal of the disqualification. The grounds range from self-execution to the definition of a federal employee to fact-finding regarding riots. https://t.co/JPnoDk84uL…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) January 2, 2024
His appeal states that Article 3 is “not self-executing and requires parliamentary legislation.” Additionally, the filing argues that this provision does not apply to Trump because the president is not an “officer of the United States.”
Colorado's Supreme Court had previously ruled that Trump was ineligible to vote on Dec. 19, but the Colorado Republican Party appealed that ruling to the Supreme Court last week.
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