{"id":2030595,"date":"2023-09-13T13:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T17:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-key-group-is-stopping-the-push-to-ban-trump-from-2024-ballot-democrats\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T13:43:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T17:43:20","slug":"one-key-group-is-stopping-the-push-to-ban-trump-from-2024-ballot-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-key-group-is-stopping-the-push-to-ban-trump-from-2024-ballot-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats are being hindered in their efforts to ban Trump from the 2024 ballot by a significant group."},"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\">36<\/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%2Fone-key-group-is-stopping-the-push-to-ban-trump-from-2024-ballot-democrats%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=2030595&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>The Effort\u2064 to Bar Trump from Reclaiming the White House Faces Resistance from \u2062Democrats<\/h2>\n<p>The attempt \u2064to prevent former President Donald Trump\u2062 from\u2064 running for \u2062the White House again using the 14th Amendment is encountering an unexpected obstacle &#8211; Democrats.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Officials in several states are investigating whether Trump should be\u200d disqualified from the\u200b 2024 ballot due\u2062 to his involvement in\u2062 the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Section 3 of \u200bthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-push-to-disqualify-trump-from-2024-using-the-14th-amendment\/\" title=\"Efforts to bar Trump from 2024 via the 14th Amendment.\">amendment prohibits individuals<\/a> who have previously taken\u200c an oath to \u2062uphold the Constitution and \u200b&#8221;engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid\u2063 or \u2062comfort to the enemies thereof&#8221; from holding certain offices.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Democrats Divided on the Validity of the 14th\u2062 Amendment Argument<\/h3>\n<p>While Democratic lawmakers like Rep.\u2063 Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and \u200bSen. Tim \u2063Kaine (D-VA) debate the viability of disqualifying Trump under the 14th Amendment, some of the nation&#8217;s \u2063top Democratic \u200belection officials are cautious about pursuing lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, activist Robert Davis \u200dfiled a legal challenge in Michigan\u200b to prevent Trump from appearing on the presidential ballot. Democratic Michigan Secretary of State\u200c Jocelyn \u2062Benson believes\u200b the Supreme Court\u200c should handle the matter, stating that it is not appropriate for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">state official<\/a> to have\u2062 the authority to decide on the ballot push.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2064another\u2062 case targeting Trump&#8217;s eligibility, a liberal group \u200bcalled Free Speech For People filed a lawsuit in Minnesota, \u200darguing that his words and actions constituted an insurrection. The same group also \u200bfiled a lawsuit in Colorado\u2063 last\u200c week.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon\u200c emphasized that state courts\u200c should\u2064 handle the case, \u2063stating, &#8220;We are not the eligibility police. We\u200b don&#8217;t have investigators.\u200d We don&#8217;t lie in the bushes\u2064 with binoculars to determine whether \u200ca candidate is really residing where they\u200c claim \u2063to be \u2064for residency purposes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold echoed Simon&#8217;s concerns, emphasizing that the court should make the determinations.<\/p>\n<h3>Republican Presidential \u2062Candidate\u2063 Files Lawsuits Against Trump<\/h3>\n<p>John Anthony Castro, a write-in Republican \u200dpresidential candidate, has filed lawsuits\u2063 against\u200b Trump in several states, including New Mexico, \u200cMaine, and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic\u2063 New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver referred to \u200cstate law when asked about handling the lawsuits, stating that they would make a determination\u2064 based on \u200dtheir understanding of New Mexico law and the requirements to\u2063 run for office.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit in Maine prompted Governor Janet Mills (D-ME) to express skepticism about the \u200clegal argument, stating that it is &#8220;extraordinary,&#8221; but\u2064 she did not take \u2062a position on the \u2063matter.<\/p>\n<h3>Republican State Officials Defend Trump&#8217;s Right to Run<\/h3>\n<p>Republican state officials have pushed back against the legal argument, pledging to\u200b allow Trump to run in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-key-group-is-stopping-the-push-to-ban-trump-from-2024-ballot-democrats\/\" title=\"Democrats are being hindered in their efforts to ban Trump from the 2024 ballot by a significant group.\">respective state elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republican New Hampshire Secretary of State \u200bDavid Scanlan, responding \u200cto a letter from Trump and GOP \u200dlawmakers, stated that there is no legal\u2064 basis in \u2064the 14th\u200b Amendment argument to disqualify a candidate in the state&#8217;s presidential primary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no mention\u200d in New \u200bHampshire state statute that a candidate in\u200b a new presidential primary can be disqualified using the 14th \u2062Amendment\u200d of the United States Constitution referencing insurrection or rebellion,&#8221; Scanlan said during a\u2063 news \u200cconference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The\u2062 Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 14th Amendment&#8217;s use to prevent Donald Trump&#8217;s return to the White House is opposed by an unexpected group: Democrats. State officials are investigating if Trump&#8217;s involvement in the Capitol riot warrants his removal from the 2024 ballot. Section 3 of the Amendment is under scrutiny for potential application in this case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2030596,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2030595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2030595","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2030595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}