State court dismissed petition seeking to bar Trump from 2024 ballot

[Right_in_Virginia]

State court dismissed petition seeking to bar Trump from 2024 ballot
Minnesota Supreme Court ruled exceedingly fast after hearing oral arguments Thursday; an appeal is likely.
Star Tribune, Nov 8, 2023

The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected a request Wednesday to bar former President Donald Trump from the 2024 primary ballot under the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause that dates back to the post-Civil War Reconstruction era.

The ruling came quickly; five justices heard oral arguments on the case last Thursday and sounded skeptical during the 70-minute session.

The decision came on a petition filed in early September by a bipartisan group seeking to bar Trump from the Minnesota ballot based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The so-called insurrection clause prohibits former officers from holding office again if they've "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" or "given aid or comfort" to those who did.

Leading the effort were the nonprofit Free Speech for People, former Minnesota Secretary of State Joan Growe and former Supreme Court Justice Paul H. Anderson. Their attorney, Ronald Fein, argued that Trump is disqualified from holding future office because of his actions on and leading up to Jan. 6, 2021.

Before the session last week, Anderson said in an email that the decision won't be the final word. "The issue will be appealed to and decided by the U.S. Supreme Court," he wrote.


https://www.startribune.com/state-court-to-issue-ruling-wednesday-on-whether-trump-is-disqualified-from-2024-ballot/600318241/

[Right_in_Virginia]

[libertybele]

I believe that the petition to bar him from being on the ballot in CO still stands.

[Right_in_Virginia]

I believe that the petition to bar him from being on the ballot in CO still stands.

I think it's in the appeals process ---- on its way to the Supremes.

[Free Vulcan]

SCOTUS needs to rule on this and quick. This is a federal issue with national implications.

All the Rats need to do is knock him or any future Republican off the ballot in a few states and they have the election. which in my opinion makes it an attempt to tamper.

[jmyrlefuller]

What the ruling actually said:

Even if Trump were guilty of insurrection, Minnesota could still put him on the ballot since there's no law against ineligible candidates.

Immigrants. Under 35. Dead people, even. All can be put on the ballot in Minnesota according to this ruling.

[Right_in_Virginia]

What the ruling actually said:

Even if Trump were guilty of insurrection, Minnesota could still put him on the ballot since there's no law against ineligible candidates.

Immigrants. Under 35. Dead people, even. All can be put on the ballot in Minnesota according to this ruling.

FWIW, the full ruling has not yet been released ...

[jmyrlefuller]

According to this report, it has been:

https://www.audacy.com/wben/news/politics/minnesota-supreme-court-dismisses-insurrection-clause-challenge-and-allows-trump-on-primary-ballot

(Though the report does not link the full ruling, it does quote it.)

[DefiantMassRINO]

Trump hasn't been convicted of anything.

Voters decide elections - not polls, pundits, courts, nor lawyers.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

The Court dismissed the claims on the grounds that there was no restrictions on who the parties could put on the ballot in the primary.   Left completely undecided is whether he could be stricken from the ballot in the general election.

[Right_in_Virginia]

[GtHawk]

Trump hasn't been convicted of anything.

Voters decide elections - not polls, pundits, courts, nor lawyers.

Well I think we have seen that it actually isn't the voters, it's they who count the votes

[sneakypete]

They were just trying to do the will of "de peepils" what doan  want a orange billionaire that doan wanna gib dem in of HIS monies to win.

Dey bees reppin de wills ob de peepulls!

We doan want no orange prisidint!

Speclly wun what doan wanna be sharin his welth  wid us!

Powur to da peeps! Power to da peeps!

 

[Right_in_Virginia]

Citizen Free Press
@CitizenFreePres

BREAKING -- President Trump will be on the ballot in Colorado.

Judge Sarah Wallace rejected the lawsuit from liberal activists attempting to keep Trump off the ballot in the state for the 2024 election.



7:21 PM · Nov 17, 2023