Donald Trump is not allowed to run for president, according to a lawsuit filed by US Watchdog
If Donald Trump wins the Republican presidential nomination, a Washington-based ethics watchdog has filed a lawsuit to attempt to prevent him from being on the ballot in Colorado the following year, claiming that his acts on January 6, 2021, disqualify him from office.
Six Republican and unaffiliated voters, including former state, federal, and municipal politicians, are being represented in the complaint by the nonpartisan organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, according to a statement.
Legal experts believe that the unproven legal technique, which is based on an interpretation of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, has a poor chance of success. After his followers invaded the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an effort to reverse his election setback, it would take legal challenges in every state and territory of the United States to persuade authorities that the former president is unable to serve.
Trump, who is now in the lead in the Republican primary to succeed incumbent Democratic President Joe Biden in 2024, keeps claiming fraudulently that his loss was caused by another candidate.
“While it is unprecedented to bring this kind of case against a former president, January 6th was an unprecedented attack that is exactly the type of event the framers of the 14th Amendment wanted to build protections in case of,” said Noah Bookbinder, president of the ethics organization known as CREW, in a statement.
The complaint makes reference to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits anybody who made a “oath… to support the Constitution of the United States” and subsequently “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same” from holding federal or state office, according to the statement.
“While it is unprecedented to bring this kind of case against a former president, January 6th was an unprecedented attack that is exactly the type of event the framers of the 14th Amendment wanted to build protections in case of,” said Noah Bookbinder, president of the ethics organization known as CREW, in a statement.
The complaint makes reference to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits anybody who made a “oath… to support the Constitution of the United States” and subsequently “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same” from holding federal or state office, according to the statement.
