redstate.com By Bob Hoge
Yet another state – this time, Massachusetts – has rejected claims that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to be on GOP presidential primary ballots because he participated in an “insurrection” on Jan 6, 2021.
If he had in fact participated in an insurrection, he could not run for president because of the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban. However, it’s important to note that he has not been charged with or convicted of inciting or participating in such an event.
The commission didn’t look into the 14th Amendment claims; instead, their vote was procedural, and they determined that they didn’t have jurisdiction to address the matter. In their arguments last week, meanwhile, the challengers claimed the constitutional issues should prevent the former president from being considered for the office:
“We believe that Mr. Trump’s candidacy for this office and placement on the Massachusetts ballot violates the Constitution, so we are challenging the constitutionality,” said Shannon Liss-Riordan, an attorney for the challengers. “It is the job of this commission to hear objections to the legality of placement of candidates on the ballot.”
Of course, the losers of this round were not pleased and planned to appeal.
“Importantly, this was not a ruling on the merits,” attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan, who’s representing the voters trying to remove Trump from the ballot, said in a statement following the ruling.
“We believe the Commission erred in its interpretation of Massachusetts election laws when it held it did not have jurisdiction to rule on this dispute,” Liss-Riordan added.
These anti-Democratic challenges have so far occurred in at least 31 states, but many such efforts have been shot down, including in California, Michigan, New Hampshire, Arizona, Rhode Island, West Virginia, and Florida…
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