On January 6, John Anthony Castro, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, filed a federal lawsuit, seeking to bar former President Donald J. Trump from seeking the Republican nomination, based on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. Castro v Trump, s.d., 9:23cv-80015.
A weakness in the case is that the 14th amendment, section 3, doesn’t bar anyone from running for office; it merely declares certain individuals ineligible to hold the office. The response to this lawsuit will probably be that it is not ripe. The case is pro se.
Castro lives in Mansfield, Texas. The lawsuit was filed in the southern district of Florida because Trump lives there. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news. Here is the Complaint. The Complaint makes reference to keeping various persons off ballots in the aftermath of the Civil War, but of course there were no government-printed ballots back then so the issue of “Keeping someone off a ballot” did not arise back then.
“The Complaint makes reference to keeping various persons off ballots in the aftermath of the Civil War, but of course there were no government-printed ballots back then so the issue of “Keeping someone off a ballot” did not arise back then.”
Exactly right. Ballots were not state documents, but private forms created by parties, and individual voters to record their votes. In a sense, back them all votes were “write in” votes, before the state started printing “official” ballots
The “freedom to vote” MUST at a minimum, include the right to cast a write in vote. States that prohibit write-ins are in violation of the right to vote. States that dismiss write-in votes are guilty of voter suppression.
Modern technology now makes it possible for voters to print their own ballots, and deliver them to the voting place. All ballots should be printable by the voter, and contain spaces for the names of write-in candidates to be typed in on the form before printing.
no wI = 14-2 AMDT violation.
Any States with sticker wIs ??? [Jam problem with scanners]
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14-3 violation —
who determines ???
Private person ???
brain dead media hacks ???
local cats/dogs ???
govt exec ???
GOVT COURT ???
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Were ALL 1861-1866 killer rebels pardoned by Prezs A. Lincoln / A. Johnson / U.S. Grant ???
[TEXAS NOT DECLARED SECURE UNTIL 1866- USA ARMY UNIT TO EL PASO, TX]
About 400,000 Union DEAD plus 100,000 plus maimed for life – NO working body parts for 50 plus years.
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How many 6 Jan 2021 USA Grand Juries in DC and in States still meeting ???
Duh, trump won because he said so.
No, because he actually won and got cheated out of it.