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#BrianPritchard had been sentenced in 1996 in #Pennsylvania to 3 years’ probation for #felony check #forgery charges. His #probation was REVOKED THREE TIMES — once in 1999, after he moved to #Georgia, & again in 2002 & 2004. In 2004, a judge imposed a new 7-year probationary sentence on Pritchard, thus making him #ineligible to vote until at least 2011 in Georgia, where state #law prohibits #felons from voting.

#BerkeleyLaw Dean, a long time #Constitutional scholar, and #FreeSpeech advocate has joined a #SCOTUS brief saying #DJT is #Ineligible to be #President and should be excluded from #ballot over role in #January6th #insurrection

#Chemerinsky doubts though that conservative justices appointed by Trump will follow
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment that provides: “No person shall ... hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath...shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."

kqed.org/news/11974383/cals-la

www.kqed.orgCal's Law School Dean Joins SCOTUS Brief Saying Trump's 'Violent, Incendiary Speech' Should Ban Him From the Ballot | KQEDThe dean of UC Berkeley’s Law School has signed onto an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that Donald Trump is ineligible to be president due to his participation in the January 6 insurrection. Scott talks with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky about that issue and all the other legal perils Trump is facing.
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MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell analyzes new filings to the #SupremeCourt as it prepares to hear oral arguments in Donald Trump's challenge of a ruling by the #ColoradoSupremeCourt that found he was #ineligible for the state's primary #ballot after violating Section 3 of the #14thAmendment.

Link to PDF is above. Excellent read - highly recommended.

#Criminal #Trump #SCOTUS #Fascism

youtu.be/eo2PmAH2Fs4?si=1IjI1p

A #Michiganjudge ruled former President #Trump can remain on the state’s 2024 presidential #primaryballot, rejecting an attempt to remove him with a Civil War-era constitutional clause. 👀
Michigan Court of Claims #JudgeJamesRedford rejected arguments that Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol meant he was #ineligible for the #presidency.

wgvunews.org/news/2023-11-14/m

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Torchinsky, a longtime GOP election lawyer who has also represented the #RNC, is researching the issue not for Trump’s rivals but for #JacobHarriman, the founder of a #nonpartisan service org called #MorePerfectUnion, Harriman said in a statement to The Washington Post.

“It is critical to understand if there is a legitimate #risk of nominating a #candidate who could be deemed to be #ineligible for office,” Harriman said. Torchinsky declined to comment.

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The theory that the #14thAmendment disqualifies #Trump has gained traction… since 2 prominent #conservative #law profs argued in an (Atlantic) article last month that his actions before & during the #Jan6, 2021, attack on the Capitol constituted engagement in an #insurrection. But it remains a #legal long shot. Trump would surely #appeal any #ruling that he was #ineligible, and a final decision could rest w/ #SCOTUS, which has a conservative #supermajority that includes 3 justices he appointed.…

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Two prominent #conservative #law professors have concluded that #Trump is #ineligible to be #president under a provision of the #Constitution that bars people who have engaged in an #insurrection from holding government office. The professors are active members of the #FederalistSociety, the conservative #legal group, & proponents of #originalism, the method of interpretation that seeks to determine the Constitution’s original meaning.