A group of voters in Minnesota are trying to bar Trump from the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment, alleging he violated his oath of office by inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

The trial over an effort in Minnesota to keep former President Donald Trump off of the 2024 ballot began Thursday at the state Supreme Court as a similar case continued in Colorado.

The lawsuits in both states allege Trump should be barred from the 2024 ballot for his conduct leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. They argue Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which says no one who has “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” after swearing an oath to support and defend the Constitution can hold office.

A group of Minnesota voters, represented by the election reform group Free Speech for People, sued in September to remove Trump from the state ballot under the 14th Amendment provision. The petitioners include former Minnesota Secretary of State Joan Growe and former state Supreme Court Justice Paul H. Anderson.

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
    301·
    1 year ago

    Don’t kid yourself, Trump could actually win. He should not be allowed to run, but he won’t concede and he won’t stop as long as it benefits him to stay in the race.

    Now imagine the legal clusterfuck if he is kept off the ballot and wins a write-in campaign.

    There isn’t a “good” Republican candidate who can challenge him. The ones still in the primary, Christie, DeSantis, the crazy one with zero name recognition, none of them can catch him in the polls. They’re just staying in the race hoping Trump is forced to withdraw.

    • probablyaCat@kbin.social
      21·
      1 year ago

      There won’t be one because he is disqualified from office (if these suits are successful). Not from running. From office. If Mickey Mouse won we wouldn’t have a cartoon for president. Second place would win.

      Regardless we might have another insurrection attempt, but this time the authorities will be more prepared. So unless the military decides on a coup, a successful suit here would be the end of it for him.

    • The Pantser@lemmy.world
      33·
      1 year ago

      Now imagine the legal clusterfuck if he is kept off the ballot and wins a write-in campaign.

      But that would require his fanbase knowing how to write and spell. There is a very good chance they are too lazy to do it too.

    • PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 year ago

      Maybe you’re right. Trump is such an idiot he’ll be running independently even if he’s banned from half the states which will take votes from whatever other asshat they replace him with.