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Previous Guy begins prophylactic lawfare to ensure his name appears on 2024 ballots [1]
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Date: 2023-10-31
The nuisance suits of Trump’s lawfare brand continue. Similar suits were filed by Trump’s lawyers in 2020 to coerce local officials to promise impossible, unconstitutional, and even illegal acts.
Swing states and the fear of 14th Amendment solutions remain viable.
It is oxymoronic to promote an opportunity to vote for GOP seditionists and insurrectionists. As though overthrowing the government was normal behavior.
Besides, any name could be written onto a ballot.
x Former President Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to bar Michigan's top elections official from booting his name off the state's ballot for the 2024 presidential elections.
https://t.co/slPAaDWvIp — Axios (@axios) November 1, 2023 Former President Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to bar Michigan's top elections official from booting his name off the state's ballot for the 2024 presidential elections. The big picture: The suit asks the court to affirm that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) lacks the authority to assess his qualifications, including regarding the 14th Amendment argument at the center of lawsuits playing out in other states this week that question his eligibility. Trump's attorneys also requested the court grant an injunction preventing Benson from refusing to him on the ballot. Zoom out: Trump, who is awaiting trial in four criminal indictments, remains the GOP presidential frontrunner as critics question whether his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his role in the Capitol riot disqualify him through the Civil War-era amendment. A section of the 14th Amendment states that no one should hold office in the U.S. if they "have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the [U.S.], or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof." Of note: Benson affirmed in a Washington Post op-ed last month that she will not try to keep Trump's name off ballot. "Whether Trump is eligible to run for president again is a decision not for secretaries of state but for the courts," Benson said. Yes, but: The lawsuit states that Benson's failure to respond to a letter from Trump's campaign "is creating uncertainty, which impacts how President Trump will allocate resources." www.axios.com/...
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