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Trump argues First Amendment protects him from 'insurrection' cases aimed at keeping him off ballot (apnews.com)

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DENVER (AP) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump argue that an attempt to bar him from the 2024 ballot under a rarely used “insurrection” clause of the Constitution should be dismissed as a violation of his freedom of speech.

The lawyers made the argument in a filing posted Monday by a Colorado court in the most significant of a series of challenges to Trump’s candidacy under the Civil War-era clause in the 14th Amendment. The challenges rest on Trump’s attempts to overturn his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden and his role leading up to the violent Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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[–] SheDiceToday@eslemmy.es 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

So what are the actual outcomes that we might see? The courts eventually ruling that trump can't be tossed out for insurrection until he is convicted of a crime analogous to or part of insurrection? The courts saying individual states' electoral commissions/agencies can declare someone as an insurrectionist and block them? Or will the supreme court give their buddy a pat on the back and a treat, and say a conviction for insurrection has to be done at the federal level, if not outright declared by congress or some such stupidity?

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

No, I heard this back on reddit. Some Trumpbro was trying to argue that J6 wasn't an insurrection, that it was a protest.

Whelp, what shitty luck you planned your protest to coincide with the certifying of the election results, you insurrectionist turnip.

This is going nowhere.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

The civil war was a disagreement about the use of farm equipment.

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