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DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2023-12-29 · 02:28 UTC

MAGA asshats better not try and mess with our Secretary of State!

#Maine disqualifies #Trump from presidential primary ballot, citing #insurrection clause

Move comes days after #Colorado supreme court removes Trump from state primary ballot for same reason

by Maanvi Singh and agencies
Thu 28 Dec 2023 20.30 EST

"Maine has blocked Donald Trump from its presidential primary ballot, becoming the second state to bar the former president from running, under a constitutional provision that prevents #insurrectionists from holding office.

"On 19 December, a decision made by Colorado’s supreme court removed Trump from that state’s primary ballot, citing the same constitutional clause and setting up a legal showdown at the US supreme court.

"Maine’s secretary of state #ShennaBellows examined the case after a group of citizens challenged Trump’s eligibility and concluded that Trump should be disqualified for inciting an insurrection on January 6, 2021.

"'I do not reach this conclusion lightly,' said Bellows, a Democrat, in the decision. 'I am mindful that no Secretary of State has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. I am also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection.'

"Trump is the current Republican frontrunner, and his campaign has vowed to appeal the decision. 'Make no mistake, these partisan election interference efforts are a hostile assault on American democracy,' said #StevenCheung, a Trump campaign spokesperson, in a statement, also accusing Bellows of being a 'a virulent leftist'.

"Unlike other states, Bellows, who oversees elections in Maine, was required to make an initial determination about disqualification before it was considered by the courts. Bellows has suspended the effect of her decision until the state’s highest court rules on any appeal.

"The decision, if it takes effect, would apply only to the state’s March primary, but its conclusion would probably also affect Trump’s status for the #November2024 general election. Both Maine and Colorado are Democratic-leaning states, which means Joe Biden will likely win in both. However, while Maine has just four electoral votes, it’s one of two states to split them. Trump won one of Maine’s electors in 2020.

"Both the Maine and Colorado decision are based on section 3 of the #14thAmendment, which bans from office those who 'engaged in insurrection'. The provision, which came after the civil war, was intended to prevent Confederates from retaking power.

"Legal scholars have argued that the clause should apply to Trump because of his role in trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election and obstruct the peaceful transfer of power. The clause has rarely been used and has not previously been tested on the office of the presidency.

"Lawsuits in #Minnesota and #NewHampshire arguing that Trump should be excluded from the ballot based on the 14th amendment were dismissed. In #Michigan, plaintiffs appealed to the state’s supreme court after lower courts declined to disqualify Trump.

"The US supreme court may ultimately resolve the issue nationwide. The Colorado Republican party has already appealed to the country’s top court and Trump is expected to file his own appeal over the disqualification in both states.

"The highest court currently has a 6-3 conservative majority, which includes three justices nominated by Trump."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/28/maine-disqualifies-trump-presidential-primary-ballot-insurrection?ref=upstract.com

#ClarenceThomasResign #JusticeThomasResign #ScotusIsCompromised #MainePolitics #USPolitics #Election2024

#maine #trump #insurrection #colorado #shennabellows #stevencheung

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2023-12-15 · 23:06 UTC

Supreme Court Rules Against #NavajoNation in #WaterRights Case

The vote was 5 to 4, with the majority finding that an 1868 treaty did not require the federal government to ensure the tribe had access to water.

By Adam Liptak
June 22, 2023

"The Supreme Court ruled against the Navajo Nation on Thursday in a water rights case, rejecting the tribe’s suit against the federal government in a dispute over access to the drought-depleted Colorado River system.

"The vote was 5 to 4, with Justice Brett M. #Kavanaugh writing for the majority. He said the 1868 peace treaty at the heart of the case did not require the federal government to take 'affirmative steps' to secure water for the Navajo.

"In dissent, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, joined by the court’s three liberal members, said the tribe’s request was more modest than that, adding that the government had violated the plain terms of the #treaty and had given the tribe an epic runaround.

"'To date, their efforts to find out what water rights the United States holds for them have produced an experience familiar to any American who has spent time at the Department of Motor Vehicles,' he wrote. 'The Navajo have waited patiently for someone, anyone, to help them, only to be told (repeatedly) that they have been standing in the wrong line and must try another.'

"He added that the runaround had persisted for decades: 'When this routine first began in earnest, Elvis was still making his rounds on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show.’

"The Navajo Tribe is one of the largest in the United States, with more than 300,000 enrolled members, Justice Kavanaugh wrote. And its reservation, a product of the treaty, is the biggest in the nation, spanning more than 17 million acres in parts of #Arizona, #NewMexico and #Utah. It is about the size of West Virginia.

"In the arid West, Justice Kavanaugh wrote, 'water has long been scarce, and the problem is getting worse.'

"The tribe sued the federal government in 2003, seeking to compel it to assess the tribe’s needs and devise a plan to meet them. The states of Arizona, Colorado and Nevada intervened in the suit, seeking to protect their own access to water from the #ColoradoRiver system."

#WaterIsLife #Dineh #Navajo #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomasResign #RespectTheTreaties #EnvironmentalRacism

#navajonation #waterrights #kavanaugh #treaty #arizona #newmexico

MJ Muse @[email protected] · 2023-09-22 · 20:48 UTC

https://rj1340.substack.com/p/is-clarence-thomas-the-best-kept?utm_medium=reader2 #ClarenceThomasResign #illigitimateSCOTUS #ClarenceThomasCorruptiom #InvestigateClarenceNow Is Clarence Thomas the best kept slave in U.S. history?

Just as Christine Blasey Ford told the truth about Brett Kavanaugh's attempt to rape her, so did Anita Hill tell the truth about Thomas and his long, dong silver. And just as Judge Rapey VonBeerguzzler lied his ass off at his hearing, so, too did Clarence Thomas lie his ass off at his.

#clarencethomasresign #illigitimatescotus #clarencethomascorruptiom #investigateclarencenow