On January 9, Professor Seth Barrett Tillman, who has studied the meaning of “Office of the United States” since 2008, submitted this interesting amicus in the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v Anderson.  It argues that the President is a not person who “holds any office ”  as the term “office” was used when the Constitution was written and also in 1868, when the 14th amendment was written.

Section 3 does not say that it applies to President or Vice-president, but many people assume it does apply because Section 3 applies to congress, presidential electors, and people who “hold any office” under the United States or any state.

Although Professor Tillman is a U.S. citizen, he currently lives and teaches in Ireland.

On Monday, January 8, 2024, US District Court Judge Donald Nugent (Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division) ruled that Ohio’s voter identification laws do not severely burden Ohio’s voters and upheld their constitutionality.

Here is Judge Nugent’s opinion.

All qualified parties in Maine nominate by primary, and all qualified parties are entitled to a presidential primary.  But No Labels Party doesn’t want its own presidential primary, so the state won’t hold one.  See this story.