{"id":2013433,"date":"2023-08-27T09:19:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T13:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-faces-yet-another-court-battle-that-could-render-him-ineligible-to-be-on-the-ballot\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T09:19:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T13:19:48","slug":"trump-faces-yet-another-court-battle-that-could-render-him-ineligible-to-be-on-the-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-faces-yet-another-court-battle-that-could-render-him-ineligible-to-be-on-the-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s eligibility for the ballot faces another court battle."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-faces-yet-another-court-battle-that-could-render-him-ineligible-to-be-on-the-ballot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2013433&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Florida Tax \u2063Attorney Sues Donald Trump,\u2064 Seeking to\u2063 Bar Him \u2062from Holding Public Office Again<\/h2>\n<p>A Florida tax attorney is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-m-widower-sues-alburquerque-over-sanctuary-city-policy\/\" title=\"N.M. widower sues Alburquerque over sanctuary city policy\">taking legal action<\/a> against \u200bformer President \u200dDonald Trump, aiming to prevent him from \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnells-betrayal-hurts-the-nation-goodwin\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\u2019s betrayal hurts the nation\">holding public office<\/a> in the future. The lawsuit, filed by \u2063Palm\u2062 Beach \u2063County \u200clawyer Lawrence Caplan, cites the \u200cCapitol incursion on January \u20636, 2021, as a &#8220;disqualification&#8221; \u2062under the 14th Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>In the lawsuit, Caplan\u2063 argues that Trump is constitutionally prohibited from seeking a second term as President and questions whether \u200che should be allowed to participate in the \u200dupcoming Florida\u200d Republican Party\u2062 primary\u2064 scheduled for March 19, 2024.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: A\u200d challenge has \u2062been \u200dfiled in federal court to\u2062 have Donald Trump\u200b removed from the 2024 race under \u2064the 14th Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Mark my \u2062words:\u200d They\u2019ll claim they\u2019re doing this to \u201cprotect democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Lawrence Caplan filed a challenge claiming Trump cannot legally \u2063be on\u2063 the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BKBgqrxOmL\">pic.twitter.com\/BKBgqrxOmL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1695554766812938741?\">August 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Caplan,\u2062 in an interview with \u200dThe Hill, \u2063explained that he filed the lawsuit because someone needed\u200d to challenge Trump&#8217;s eligibility to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trumps-legal-team-says-impeachment-trial-unconstitutional-calls-for-acquittal\/\" title=\"President Trump\u2019s legal team says impeachment trial unconstitutional, calls for acquittal\">hold office<\/a> again. He expressed \u200cconcerns about \u200dTrump&#8217;s potential impact on \u200cdemocracy, \u200bstating, &#8220;This is a scary, scary guy,\u2064 and if he\u2019s president, I\u2063 think\u2064 we\u2019re all on the way to \u200bfascism. There\u2019s no law\u2064 that\u2064 says we\u200d have to remain a democracy\u2062 forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is based\u200c on Section 3 of the \u206314th \u200dAmendment, which prohibits any U.S. citizen from holding public office if they have engaged in insurrection\u2064 or rebellion against \u200bthe United States. Caplan \u2063argues that \u2064Trump&#8217;s involvement \u2064in \u200cthe \u200devents of January \u20626th puts him at the center\u200c of the \u200bdisqualification clause, making him ineligible \u2062to serve in \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-pennsylvania-state-legislature-files-resolution-disputes-statewide-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"It's Happening: Pennsylvania State Legislature Files Resolution -- DISPUTES STATEWIDE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS\">federal office<\/a> again.<\/p>\n<p>Caplan&#8217;s case raises an important question about whether American jurists will\u2062 uphold the Constitution in this matter.\u200c He points out that three \u2062Supreme Court justices were appointed by Trump, emphasizing the need\u200b for impartiality in \u200cinterpreting the law.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump faces criminal \u2064charges related to the 2020 election, Caplan&#8217;s \u200blawsuit adds another \u200blegal \u2063battle to his\u200c plate. Despite\u2063 these challenges, Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-faces-yet-another-court-battle-that-could-render-him-ineligible-to-be-on-the-ballot\/\" title=\"Trump's eligibility for the ballot faces another court battle.\">poll numbers remain high compared<\/a> to his GOP primary rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-faces-yet-another-court-battle-render-ineligible-ballot\/\">The \u2064Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida tax attorney has filed a lawsuit against ex-President Donald Trump, seeking to prevent him from holding public office again. The attorney cites the Capitol incursion on Jan. 6, 2021, as a &#8220;disqualification&#8221; under the 14th Amendment. The lawsuit was filed in federal court on Thursday in Palm Beach County, as reported by The Palm Beach Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2043,"featured_media":2013434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2013433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2043"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}