Michigan judge denies effort to keep Trump off 2024 ballot

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Michigan judge denies effort to keep Trump off 2024 ballot
The decision comes after a group of Michigan voters filed a legal challenge to Donald Trump’s candidacy, arguing that he had violated the 14th Amendment.

Nov. 14, 2023, 3:25 PM CST / Updated Nov. 14, 2023, 4:20 PM CST
By Zoë Richards

A Michigan judge on Tuesday dismissed an effort to keep former President Donald Trump off the state’s ballot in 2024.

The judge said that under Michigan law, the secretary of state does not have the authority to intervene in a primary election if the party chooses to list a candidate who would not qualify for the office.

“The ultimate decision is made by the respective political party, with the consent of the listed candidate,” the judge wrote.

The decision comes after a group of Michigan voters in September filed a legal challenge to Trump’s candidacy, arguing that his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and his and conduct surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, making him ineligible for office.

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The judge in an inadvertent way slammed the door on them pretty hard. The decision greatly increases the bar for them to make to get Trump off the ballot by making it a party decision v. the Govt.

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Jason Miller
@JasonMillerinDC

New Hampshire has thrown this out…

Minnesota has thrown this out…

Michigan has thrown this out…

Colorado should immediately throw this out!

“In a Win for Trump, Michigan Judge Rules To Keep Him on Primary Ballot” - The Messenger

9:22 AM · Nov 15, 2023

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Citizen Free Press
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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

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Colorado District Court Judge Sarah Wallace, a left-wing jurist who contributed to an radical organization that has worked to prevent Republicans connected to January 6th from running for election, has ruled that the “insurrection clause” of the 14th Amendment does not apply to the President of the United States. Therefore former President Trump cannot be barred from appearing on the 2024 presidential ballot. Judge Wallace wrote in her ruling:

To lump the Presidency in with any other civil or military office is odd indeed and very troubling to the Court because as Intervenors point out, Section Three explicitly lists all federal elected positions except the President and Vice President. Under traditional rules of statutory construction, when a list includes specific positions but then fails to include others, courts assume the exclusion was intentional… The Court holds that it is unpersuaded that the drafters intended to include the highest office in the Country in the catchall phrase ‘office . . . under the United States.’

https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/11/17/breaking-trump-wins-colorado-case-as-judge-orders-insurrection-clause-cannot-keep-him-off-the-ballot/

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