Maine on Thursday nixed the 45th president from being able to appear on the GOP primary election ballot, and John Dean believes it spells danger for The Don.
"Trump's in trouble," the Nixon attorney Dean said while appearing on CNN. "He's in trouble wherever this is raised and addressed."
Maine’s Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows formally barred Trump from being able to appear on the state’s presidential primary ballot based on the Civil War-era 14th Amendment, which disqualifies citizens from holding office if they "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" against the U.S. Constitution.
The Trump campaign vowed to appeal Bellows’ decision in Maine's courts in what is likely going to be headed to the nation's highest court.
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The decision in Maine mirrors the Colorado Supreme Court's decision earlier this month that also decided to knock Trump from the ballot.
"I think the Maine decision is very solid," Dean noted. "It was fully briefed. There is ample due process in this proceeding. And they just lost by a straight, honest reading of the 14th Amendment."
Dean acknowledges that there will likely be a higher ruling coming from the Supreme Court, but he believes the case against Trump being able to run to become the 47th president is strong.
"I want to see those strict constructionists and originalists get around that language," he said. "How are they going to do it? I don't know... I don't know what they can do with it other than take him off the ballot."
