Former President Donald Trump should be ineligible to appear on either of Michigan’s 2024 ballots due to his involvement with the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol, according to a lawsuit filed in the Michigan Court of Claims Friday.

The suit hinges on the concept that Trump, during his 2020 re-election campaign – and afterwards, when it became apparent he lost the contest to now-President Joe Biden – engaged in insurrection and should be legally barred from holding office again under a section of the Fourteenth Amendment.

  • @Dadifer
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    Why the fuck isn’t every democrat saying this every time a microphone in their face? Trump is disqualified under the 14th amendment. This narrative should be pushed by every single person in public office who doesn’t want to see fascism return.

    • queermunist she/her
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      341 year ago

      They’re cowards that don’t want to offend their Republican colleagues or Republican swing voters.

      • ddh
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        21 year ago

        They’re waiting until he’s the nominee.

        • queermunist she/her
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          If they are they will just guarantee the Supreme Court forces them to put him back on the ballot while also galvanizing his base even further.

      • @Beekeeper_Dan
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        And ultimately they both play for the same team

        • queermunist she/her
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          I’m actually partial to the idea that the two parties are playing for different factions within the same team. Democrats are finance and big tech, Republicans are industry and big ag.

          Mostly the same, and fight furiously over their very minor differences.

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              Remember, the manufacturers dont have the same interests as manufacturing workers. Manufacturers are transnational and they want to use undocumented labor, child labor, union busting, and outsourcing for anything they can’t use those three things to make. Republicans help with all of that.

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    • @rtxn
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      181 year ago

      I’m a layperson, this is (mostly) from Legal Eagle.

      14A has never been implemented or tested in a court of law. Currently there is no legal mechanism or precedent law to prevent a person from running for office, and trying to set a precedent right now is dangerous because of the right-leaning justice system.

      • @ghostdoggtv
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        51 year ago

        It’s a Congressional vote to requalify by a 2/3 majority of Congress. Congress can barely figure out which part of the shoes their feet go in let alone vote to redeem Trump’s candidacy for office.

        • @[email protected]
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          That’s not the issue, it’s the courts. Especially the Supreme Court, they can throw out any argument for the use of the 14th amendments

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    • NotAFuckingBot
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      41 year ago

      Not as long as he’s provided with a safety noose around his neck to break his fall.