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BREAKING: Minnesota Supreme Court rejects petition to disqualify Donald Trump under 14th Amendment

With respect to the only ripe issue before us at this time, we conclude that under section 204B.44, there is no “error” to correct here as to the presidential primary election if former President Trump’s name is included on the presidential primary ballot after the Chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota provides his name to the Secretary of State, notwithstanding petitioners’ claim that former President Trump is disqualified from holding office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Legislature enacted the presidential nomination primary process to allow major political parties to select delegates to the national conventions of those parties; at those conventions the selected delegates will cast votes along with delegates from all of the other states and territories and choose a presidential candidate who will subsequently appear on general election ballots. See Minn. Stat. § 207A.11(d) (2022) (explaining that the presidential nomination primary “only applies to a major political party that selects delegates at the presidential nomination primary to send to a national convention”). This is “a process that allows political parties to obtain voter input in advance of a nomination decision made at a national convention.” De La Fuente v. Simon, 940 N.W.2d 477, 492 (Minn. 2020). Thus, although the Secretary of State and other election officials administer the mechanics of the election, this is an internal party election to serve internal party purposes, and winning the presidential nomination primary does not place the person on the general election ballot as a candidate for President of the United States.

https://www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/me ... e-Case.pdf

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Breaking on X: Cannon denies TFG's delay request
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Judge Aileen Cannon REJECTS Trump’s request to delay the May 20 trial date in the classified document case.


https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/17 ... 20255?s=20

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Trump backs requests for TV coverage of his federal criminal trial

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump has filed a legal motion backing media requests for live television coverage of his federal trial on charges he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

In the late Friday filing, Trump argued that prosecutors want the trial held "in darkness" as part of what he claims is a politically motivated effort by President Joe Biden's administration to undermine his bid for re-election next year.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump- ... 023-11-11/

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BREAKING: Minnesota Supreme Court rejects petition to disqualify Donald Trump under 14th Amendment

With respect to the only ripe issue before us at this time, we conclude that under section 204B.44, there is no “error” to correct here as to the presidential primary election if former President Trump’s name is included on the presidential primary ballot after the Chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota provides his name to the Secretary of State, notwithstanding petitioners’ claim that former President Trump is disqualified from holding office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Legislature enacted the presidential nomination primary process to allow major political parties to select delegates to the national conventions of those parties; at those conventions the selected delegates will cast votes along with delegates from all of the other states and territories and choose a presidential candidate who will subsequently appear on general election ballots. See Minn. Stat. § 207A.11(d) (2022) (explaining that the presidential nomination primary “only applies to a major political party that selects delegates at the presidential nomination primary to send to a national convention”). This is “a process that allows political parties to obtain voter input in advance of a nomination decision made at a national convention.” De La Fuente v. Simon, 940 N.W.2d 477, 492 (Minn. 2020). Thus, although the Secretary of State and other election officials administer the mechanics of the election, this is an internal party election to serve internal party purposes, and winning the presidential nomination primary does not place the person on the general election ballot as a candidate for President of the United States.

https://www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/me ... e-Case.pdf

I think it is important to include in our citation the concluding sentences of the linked court's finding:

Because there is no error to correct here as to the presidential nomination primary,
and petitioners’ other claims regarding the general election are not ripe, the petition must
be dismissed, but without prejudice as to petitioners bringing a petition raising their claims
as to the general election.

Based upon all the files, records, and proceedings herein,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1. The petition is dismissed, but without prejudice as to the general election.
2. So as not to impair the orderly election process, this order is issued with an
opinion to follow.

So, the court has essentially kicked the ball forward. Meaning that the issue is likely to be taken up again when and if Trump wins the nomination and before general election ballots are printed and distributed for use by voters. Further, it may be taken up "without prejudice" meaning the court has not decided one way or another what it will do in such a scenario.

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Trump Says Prosecutors Will Be Sent to Mental Institutions

November 13, 2023 at 12:59 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 139 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/11/13/tr ... titutions/

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Donald Trump said a group of prosecutors — “the ‘team of losers and misfits’ who have been working illegally for years to ‘take me down'” — will end up in a mental institution “by the time my next term as President is successfully completed.”

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Fani Willis: Georgia trial involving Trump might not conclude until early 2025

Source: Washington Post

The Atlanta area prosecutor leading the criminal racketeering case against former president Donald Trump and 14 allies alleging they broke the law when they sought to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss said Tuesday she anticipated the trial to conclude by early 2025, with proceedings likely underway during the final stretch of the 2024 presidential election.

In an interview at The Washington Post Live’s Global Women’s Summit, Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) said the anticipated trial over alleged election interference by Trump and his allies could be ongoing on Election Day 2024 and possibly still underway on Inauguration Day.

“I believe in that case there will be a trial. I believe the trial will take many months. And I don’t expect that we will conclude until the winter or the very early part of 2025,” Willis said.

The news comes as Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee is beginning to consider scheduling issues in the sprawling Georgia case, a decision in which he will likely have to take into account Trump’s other scheduled legal proceedings in other cases, including the separate federal election interference case led by special counsel Jack Smith.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... se-videos/

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I recently started seriously wondering whether Trump could be president while being in prison. Surprisingly, at least from one source I located (thanks to help from Ask Bing), the answer seems to be yes.

Can a President Serve from Prison? We Might Find Out
Michael C. Dorf
April 12, 2023

Introduction:

(Verdict) As I explain below, the best reading of the Constitution would render him ineligible to serve as President while in prison but in any plausible scenario in which Trump returns to the Oval Office in 2025, the only actors authorized to declare him ineligible would be extremely unlikely to do so.
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…if Trump is actually in prison on Inauguration Day, that fact could render him “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office” within the meaning of the Twenty-fifth Amendment.
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In any realistic scenario in which Trump becomes President again, at least a third (and most likely a much larger fraction) of the senators will be Republicans. As we saw the first two times Trump was impeached, regardless of the evidence, enough Republican senators will vote to acquit him to ensure that he remains in office. Meanwhile, even to initiate Trump’s removal via the Twenty-fifth Amendment requires cooperation of his Vice President and a majority of his own Cabinet. Given Trump’s transactional orientation and instinct for self-preservation, he would surely extract a promise of fealty from his running mate and any Cabinet nominees as the price of their positions.
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If, on January 20, 2025, Trump is in state prison (much more likely in Georgia than in New York) but also due to be inaugurated, neither he nor his Vice President could pardon and thus release him. Yes, he would be subject to removal via either impeachment or the Twenty-fifth Amendment but, as noted above, Congress and his Cabinet would be unlikely to invoke those processes.

Hence, crazy as it sounds, there does seem to be some realistic chance that Trump could be President while serving a prison sentence in Georgia.

Read more here: https://verdict.justia.com/2023/04/12 ... find- out

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Fulton DA wants trial against Trump, others in election interference case to start in August

Source: WSB Atlanta

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had filed a motion saying she wants to start the trial against former President Donald Trump and others accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election to start Aug. 5.

“This proposed trial date balances potential delays from Defendant Trump’s other criminal trials in sister sovereigns and the other Defendants’ constitutional speedy trial rights,” Willis said in her motion.

The document also set a final date to entertain any plea deals as June 21.

So far, a total of four defendants have taken plea deals in the case. Earlier this week, Willis spoke at an event sponsored by the Washington Post where she said she expected the trial to last well past Election Day.
“I believe in that case there will be a trial. I believe the trial will take many months. And I don’t expect that we will conclude until the winter or the very early part of 2025,” Willis said.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-AA1k6WhY

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The argument that it wasn't intended to exclude the presidency is absurd for many reasons. I hope the Supreme Court of Colorado decides differently

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