All posts tagged "14Th Amendment"

A federal judge in Seattle gave a scathing rebuke of President Donald Trump's attempt to reinterpret the 14th Amendment and cancel birthright citizenship.

Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour granted a temporary restraining order Thursday that blocks Trump’s executive order from taking effect nationwide. The judge also took the time to eviscerate Justice Department attorney Brett Shumate.

Before a standing-room-only court, Coughenour declared, “I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order. There are other times in world history where we look back and people of goodwill can say where were the judges, where were the lawyers?”...

It’s hard to imagine anything wearing down the bravado of Donald Trump, but will his legal troubles play poorly in a general election, leading him to lose again in November 2024?

Or might the current Republican front runner go out a different way?

At present, Trump stands accused of 91 charges in four felony cases, testing his political death-defying ability....

Retired former Judge Michael Luttig, a conservative, has advocated that Donald Trump is ineligible to serve as president based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. But now he thinks he has the encouragement of the Washington, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals behind him.

Speaking to MSNBC's Ali Velshi on Tuesday, the two referred to the recent decision to strike down Trump's argument for "presidential immunity" from criminal prosecution. In that decision, Luttig said, is a hint that refers back to the 14th Amendment case.

Unlike former prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, Luttig thinks the Supreme Court will take up the case from the D.C. circuit. ...

The country is awaiting a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court about whether Donald Trump can appear on a general election ballot after a finding that he violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. According to the lead investigator on the House Select Committee for the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 attack, Congress already did that.

Donald Trump's attorney argued before the Illinois Board of Elections that the courts have no role in enforcing the 14th Amendment law and that it should be left up to Congress.

Former Jan. 6 investigator Timothy Heaphy said that it's simply another delay tactic by Trump and his legal team. ...

Massachusetts voters Thursday joined the fight to bump Donald Trump from 2024 presidential ballots under the 14th Amendment's insurrectionist ban.

The group Free Speech for People — which pursued similar action in Minnesota and Michigan — announced in a press release that they've filed a new challenge with the Massachusetts Ballot Law Commission.

Among the challengers are Republicans, Independents, and former Boston Mayor Kim Janey, the group says. ...

A previous version of this article incorrectly referenced the president who enacted the law, as well as the year it became effective. This information was based on an underlying report that has since been updated with its own correction.

The country awaits the Supreme Court weighing in on whether the 14th Amendment insurrection laws apply to Donald Trump as a former president.

Law & Crime cited a new scholarly paper that uses a 1799 law to show that the Amendment applies to him. ...