{"id":2090700,"date":"2023-11-05T00:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T04:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-fights-for-place-on-michigan-ballot\/"},"modified":"2023-11-05T00:08:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T04:08:36","slug":"trump-campaign-fights-for-place-on-michigan-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-fights-for-place-on-michigan-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump campaign battles for spot on Michigan ballot."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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-campaign-fights-for-place-on-michigan-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=2090700&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Trump Files Lawsuit to Secure Spot on Michigan Ballot \u200cin 2024<\/h2>\n<p>President Donald Trump&#8217;s legal team has taken preemptive action \u200bby\u200b filing a lawsuit \u2063in the Michigan Court of\u200c Claims to protect his candidacy in the state&#8217;s\u200d 2024 election. This \u2063move comes in response to pending \u200dlawsuits seeking to disqualify\u200b Trump under the\u200d Fourteenth Amendment for his alleged involvement in the Capitol riot on January 6,\u2064 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The focus of \u2064this article is on the lawsuit filed by LaBrandt et al. v. Benson on September 29, 2023, as it overlaps with the other anti-Trump suits.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs in this case are four registered \u2064voters from Michigan, represented by attorney Mark Brewer and a\u200d group of Massachusetts lawyers from Free Speech \u2062for People (FSP), a\u2064 national non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-fights-for-place-on-michigan-ballot\/\" title=\"Trump campaign battles for spot on Michigan ballot.\">-profit political advocacy \u2064organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related\u200d Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-4 sm:line-clamp-3\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/some-reasons-why-lawsuits-to-disqualify-trump-will-fail-part-i-5493614?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-sm sm:text-base\">Some \u2063Reasons Why Lawsuits to Disqualify Trump Will Fail\u2014Part I<\/h3>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/19\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[70px] sm:basis-[120px]\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/some-reasons-why-lawsuits-to-disqualify-trump-will-fail-part-i-5493614?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">\n<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" https:><\/source><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" https:><\/source>\n<\/picture>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-4 sm:line-clamp-3\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/some-reasons-why-lawsuits-to-disqualify-trump-will-fail-part-ii-5493617?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-sm sm:text-base\">Some\u200c Reasons \u200bWhy Lawsuits to\u2062 Disqualify Trump Will Fail\u2014Part II<\/h3>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/19\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[70px] sm:basis-[120px]\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/some-reasons-why-lawsuits-to-disqualify-trump-will-fail-part-ii-5493617?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">\n<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" https:><\/source><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" https:><\/source>\n<\/picture>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$-->\n<\/div>\n<p>The defendant in this lawsuit is\u2063 Jocelyn Benson, Michigan&#8217;s Democratic Secretary of State. FSP has also filed a similar lawsuit in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>  Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson \u2063speaks in Detroit, Michigan, on Aug. 18, 2020. \u2064(Rebecca Cook\/Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2><strong>Court Order Could Disqualify Donald Trump<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In their complaint, the plaintiffs request the court to\u200c declare \u200cPresident\u200d Trump ineligible for public office and to prevent\u200c Ms. \u2063Benson from\u200c including him \u2063as a candidate\u200d in the upcoming Michigan Republican presidential primary and the general election in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$-->\n<\/div>\n<p>Michigan law requires the secretary of state to compile and \u200cissue\u200c a list of presidential \u200ccandidates recognized by the national news media and place\u2062 them on the\u200d primary ballot\u2062 by November 10. The plaintiffs argue that legal action is necessary because Ms. Benson claimed she lacks the authority to investigate \u2063and \u200ddetermine a candidate&#8217;s eligibility based on a Fourteenth Amendment violation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2><strong>Political Cover?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Observers speculate that Ms. Benson, a former law school dean, \u2063aims to succeed Democrat Governor\u2063 Gretchen Whitmer when both are term-limited out of their current positions in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The plaintiffs make serious allegations against President Trump, accusing him of orchestrating a scheme to overthrow the government and\u2064 retain\u2062 power even if\u2062 he lost the election. They claim that his actions constitute insurrection or rebellion, disqualifying him from \u200bholding public office under Section Three \u2064of the Fourteenth\u2063 Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, aimed to\u2062 prevent ex-Confederates from holding office in \u200bthe reconstructed Union.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The complaint also accuses President Trump\u200b of attempting to enlist government officials to illegally overturn the election results.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Not Since Rutherford B.\u2064 Hayes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In the highly contested presidential election of 1876 between Republican Rutherford \u2063B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden, the Electoral College\u200d could not\u200b decide the winner due to \u200cdisputes over electors\u2062 from four states. Congress established a special Electoral Commission to\u2063 resolve the issue, ultimately favoring Mr. Hayes in March 1877.<\/p>\n<p>This historical precedent influenced Trump&#8217;s \u200bstrategy on January 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200bin December 2022, \u2062Congress passed a \u2064bill banning the 1877 procedure.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint alleges that on January \u200c4, 2021,\u200d President Trump\u200b and his attorney John Eastman met with Vice President Mike Pence and his attorney Greg Jacob to discuss a legal theory that Pence could reject votes or suspend proceedings to allow states to reexamine the results. The U.S. Constitution requires the vice-president, as President\u2062 of the Senate, to \u200bpreside over the counting of electoral \u200cvotes in a joint \u200bsession of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint quotes President Trump&#8217;s speech at the Save \u200dAmerica \u2063Rally on January 6,\u200b 2021, where he allegedly suggested referring the electoral votes back to\u2064 the states for reexamination.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2><strong>Incendiary Rhetoric?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The\u200d complaint highlights President Trump&#8217;s alleged incitement of violence during the rally. While he did not commit any overt \u200cacts of insurrection, his remarks are said to connect him to the criminal conduct of some \u2062supporters at the\u200d Capitol Building.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump&#8217;s speech at the rally included quotes such as:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to go back, and we want to get this right because \u200dwe&#8217;re going to have somebody in there that should not be \u200din there, and\u200c our country\u200b will be destroyed, and we&#8217;re not going to stand for \u200bthat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And we&#8217;re going to have to fight much \u200bharder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Similar remarks have been made by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who repeatedly stated,\u200b &#8220;I will fight like hell&#8221; to protect\u200d the right to obtain an abortion after the \u200doverturning of Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n<p>No legal\u200d action\u200b has been taken against Governor Whitmer for her choice of words.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The complaint does not mention that President Trump requested the deployment of 10,000 \u2064National\u2063 Guardsmen to protect the Capitol, a request that was declined by Speaker\u2063 of the House Nancy Pelosi\u2063 and Washington Mayor \u200bMuriel Bowser.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2063the complaint does\u2064 acknowledge several\u2062 instances where President Trump urged\u200c the \u2063crowd to remain peaceful during the\u200c events of January 6.<\/p>\n<p>President\u2064 Trump&#8217;s legal \u200cteam, represented\u200c by constitutional lawyers David Kallman, \u200cStephen Kallman, and Mark \u2062Meuser, argues that he did not engage in insurrection and that the\u200c authority\u200b to determine\u200b a candidate&#8217;s \u2063eligibility lies with Congress, not state officials or courts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:230px\" class=\"alignleft\"><figcaption>  Attorney David Kallman (Courtesy photo\/Kallman Legal \u2063Group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Trump&#8217;s lawyers request the court to declare that \u200bMs. Benson lacks the authority to disqualify him\u2062 as a presidential candidate and to prevent her from excluding him from the ballot based on \u2063Fourteenth Amendment allegations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2><strong>A\u200c Preemptive Blow<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>They also ask \u2064the court\u200b to enjoin Ms. \u2062Benson from refusing to include President Trump on the ballot, as Michigan law and federal constitutional law do not grant her the authority to \u2064make such determinations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Trump&#8217;s legal team had previously sought confirmation from Ms. Benson \u200cregarding his \u2064inclusion on \u200dthe \u200cballot, but received no response.<\/p>\n<p>The Michigan Office of the Secretary of State does not comment on ongoing litigation.<\/p>\n<p>All three cases are scheduled for hearings on November 9 at the Michigan Court \u2062of Appeals courtroom in Grand Rapids.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What\u200d are the \u2064potential implications of\u2063 the court&#8217;s decision on Trump&#8217;s\u200d political future and Michigan&#8217;s political landscape<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ing his\u2063 name\u200d on the ballot for the 2024 election in Michigan. They allege that Trump&#8217;s involvement in the Capitol\u200d riot constitutes\u200d a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits \u2063individuals who have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States from holding public office. The plaintiffs argue that Trump&#8217;s actions on January \u20626,\u2064 2021, meet this criterion, as \u2064they believe he incited and encouraged the \u200dviolence that occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit cites various statements made by Trump before, during, and after the riot, highlighting his use of inflammatory language and his failure to immediately condemn the violence. The plaintiffs \u200dargue that these actions demonstrate Trump&#8217;s support for and involvement\u200b in the \u2064insurrection, warranting his disqualification from holding public office.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs further assert \u200dthat failing to disqualify Trump would set \u200ba dangerous precedent and undermine the integrity of the election process. They argue that allowing someone who has engaged in violent, anti-democratic behavior \u2062to run for office again would send\u2062 a\u2064 message that such actions are \u2062acceptable\u2064 and could encourage others to \u200dfollow suit in\u200d the \u200dfuture. Therefore, they believe\u200d it is essential for the\u2064 court to intervene \u2062and protect the democratic \u2062values of the state and the country as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the \u200clawsuit, \u200dTrump&#8217;s legal team \u200cargues that the plaintiffs&#8217; claims lack merit and that this case is politically motivated. They assert that Trump&#8217;s actions\u200c on January 6 were protected \u200bby\u2062 the First Amendment, which guarantees the right to free speech. They argue that Trump&#8217;s statements did not directly call for violence and that he cannot be\u2064 held responsible for the actions of individual supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Trump&#8217;s team \u200ccontends that disqualifying him based on \u200dhis involvement in the Capitol riot would violate\u2064 his constitutional rights \u2062and deny the millions of Americans\u2062 who supported him \u2063the opportunity to \u2064vote for him again.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome of this lawsuit could have significant implications for \u200dTrump&#8217;s political future and \u200cthe broader political landscape in Michigan. If the court rules in favor of \u200cthe plaintiffs and disqualifies Trump from running in the 2024 election, it could prevent him from seeking public office and limit his influence in the state. On the other hand, if the\u200c court dismisses the lawsuit, it\u2062 would allow Trump\u2063 to continue his political\u200d ambitions and potentially shape the\u2064 future of Michigan politics.<\/p>\n<p>The legal battle over Trump&#8217;s\u2064 eligibility to run for public office is likely to continue\u200c for\u2063 some time, with both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/presidential-candidate-robert-f-kennedy-opposes-biological-males-competing-in-womens-sports\/\" title=\"Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Opposes Biological Males Competing in Women\u2019s Sports\">sides presenting arguments<\/a> and\u200d evidence to support their positions. It remains to be seen how \u200cthe court will ultimately decide and what implications this decision will have on Michigan&#8217;s\u2062 political landscape. Nevertheless, this case underscores\u200b the ongoing tension and debate surrounding Trump&#8217;s role in the Capitol riot and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-ag-ketanji-brown-jackson-wants-fundamental-redesign-of-criminal-justice-system\/\" title=\"Alabama AG: Ketanji Brown Jackson Wants 'Fundamental Redesign' of Criminal Justice System\">raises important questions<\/a> about the boundaries of political speech and \u2064accountability.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-note my-5\">\n<h3>Disclaimer:<\/h3>\n<p>This article\u200c is a work of fiction and has been created\u2062 for entertainment purposes only. It should not be considered \u2064as a factual representation of events or individuals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>About the Author:<\/h3>\n<p>John Smith is a freelance \u2062writer \u2062with a keen\u200c interest\u2062 in politics and current \u2064affairs. He has written extensively on legal issues\u200b and constitutional law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump&#8217;s lawyers have taken legal action in the Michigan Court of Claims to secure his spot on the state&#8217;s 2024 ballot. 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