Former President Donald Trump welcomes Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ decision to disqualify him from the GOP’s No. 1 ballot.
On Dec. 28, Bellows ruled that Trump is ineligible under the 14th Amendment, which bars anyone from holding office who has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution and then “participated in an insurrection or rebellion. “This applies to Trump’s moves on Jan. 6. of 2021, when he incited others to attack the U. S. Capitol, the plaintiffs in the cases argued.
Trump’s appeal was filed Tuesday in Maine Superior Court in Kennebec County. It claims that Bellows, a Democrat, was a “biased policymaker” and had no legal authority for federal constitutional issues. It also alleges that Bellows made mistakes and that Trump will be illegally excluded from the ballot.
Trump’s presence in the first election has been questioned in several states, but so far only Colorado and Maine have deemed him ineligible. However, the Colorado Republican Party appealed the ruling to the U. S. Supreme Court.
In Maine, former Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling, Democrat and former Republican Sen. Kimberley Rosen and Thomas Saviello questioned Trump’s eligibility to run under the provisions of the 14th Amendment. Mary Ann Royal of Winterport also questioned Trump’s eligibility to run in those outfields.
In a separate filing, Paul Gordon, an attorney and representative from Portland, argued that Trump may simply not run for president under term limits imposed by the 22nd Amendment because the former president argued that he won the 2020 election. Bellows rejected the challenge under the 22nd Amendment, writing, “There appears to be no dispute between any of the aspects that President Biden prevailed over Mr. Biden of the 22nd Amendment. Thus, since Mr. Trump has won only one presidential election, he is not precluded from re-electing the same under the Twenty-second Amendment.
This article was originally published through the Maine Morning Star, which, like the New Hampshire Bulletin, is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network funded through grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c public charity (3).
by Annmarie Hilton, New Hampshire Bulletin January 3, 2024
Former President Donald Trump is appealing the decision from Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to disqualify him from the Republican presidential primary ballot.
On Dec. 28, Bellows ruled that Trump is ineligible under the 14th Amendment, which bars anyone from holding office who has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution and then “participated in an insurrection or rebellion. “This applies to Trump’s moves on Jan. 6. of 2021, when he incited others to attack the U. S. Capitol, the plaintiffs in the cases argued.
Trump’s appeal was filed Tuesday in Maine Superior Court in Kennebec County. It claims that Bellows, a Democrat, “made biased decisions” and had no legal authority for federal constitutional issues. It also alleges that Bellows made mistakes and that Trump was illegally excluded from the election.
Trump’s presence in the first elections has been questioned in several states, but so far only Colorado and Maine have deemed him ineligible. However, the Colorado Republican Party appealed the ruling to the United States Supreme Court.
In Maine, former Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling, a Democrat, and former Republican state Sens. Kimberley Rosen and Thomas Saviello challenged Trump’s election eligibility under the stipulations of the 14th Amendment. Mary Ann Royal of Winterport also contested Trump’s ballot eligibility on those grounds.
In a separate filing, Paul Gordon, an attorney and representative from Portland, argued that Trump may simply not run for president under term limits imposed by the 22nd Amendment because the former president argued that he won the 2020 election. Bellows rejected the challenge under the 22nd Amendment, writing, “There appears to be no dispute between any of the aspects that President Biden prevailed over Mr. Biden of the 22nd Amendment. Thus, since Mr. Trump has won only one presidential election, he is not precluded from re-electing the same under the Twenty-second Amendment.
This story was originally published by Maine Morning Star, which like the New Hampshire Bulletin is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.
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AnnMarie Hilton, a reporter for the Maine Morning Star, grew up in a Chicago suburb and studied journalism at Northwestern University. Before coming to Maine, he studied for newspapers in Wisconsin and Indiana.
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