August 12, 20232 yr There is some hope. The 14th Amendment, Clause 3. It only took citizens to file a lawsuit. Of Course the Secretary of State may do the same under the law. Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment forbids holding office by former office holders who then participate in insurrection or rebellion. New Mexico bars commissioner from office for insurrection https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/06/new-mexico-bars-commissioner-from-office-for-insurrection-00055010 A state district court judge has disqualified a county commissioner from holding public office for engaging in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico state district court judge has disqualified county commissioner and Cowboys for Trump cofounder Couy Griffin from holding public office for engaging in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. State District Court Judge Francis Mathew issued a ruling Tuesday that permanently prohibits Griffin from holding or seeking local or federal office. Griffin was previously convicted in federal court of a misdemeanor for entering Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, without going inside the building. He was sentenced to 14 days and given credit for time served. The new ruling immediately removes Griffin from his position as a commissioner in Otero County in southern New Mexico. "Mr. Griffin aided the insurrection even though he did not personally engage in violence,” Mathew wrote. "By joining the mob and trespassing on restricted Capitol grounds, Mr. Griffin contributed to delaying Congress’s election-certification proceedings.” Griffin he was notified of his removal from office by Otero County staff, who prevented him from accessing his work computer and office space at a county building in Alamogordo. Griffin, who served as his own legal counsel at a two-day bench trial in August, called the ruling a "total disgrace” that disenfranchises his constituents in Otero County. "The actions that are being taken are, I believe, are perfect evidence of the tyranny that we’re right now living under,” Griffin said. "The left continues to speak about democracy being under attack, but is this democracy? Whenever you’re removed from office by the civil courts by the opinion of a liberal judge.” The ruling arrives amid a flurry of similar lawsuits around the country seeking to punish politicians who took part in Jan. 6 under provisions of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which holds that anyone who has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution can be barred from office for engaging in insurrection or rebellion. Ratified shortly after the Civil War, the provisions were meant in part to keep representatives who had fought for the Confederacy from returning to Congress. At trial, Griffin invoked free speech guarantees in his defense and argued that removing him from office would cut against the will of the people and set a "dangerous precedent.” Elected in 2018, Griffin withstood a recall vote last year but isn’t running for reelection or other office in November. Mathews wrote that Griffin’s arguments "disregard that the Constitution itself reflects the will of the people.” Griffin "overlooks that his own insurrectionary conduct on January 6 sought to subvert the results of a free and fair election, which would have disenfranchised millions of voters.” The lawsuit against Griffin was brought by three plaintiffs in New Mexico with support from the Washington-based Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. A federal declined a recent request to take up the case. Tuesday’s judgement is "a historic win for accountability for the January 6th insurrection and the efforts to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power in the United States,” Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics President Noah Bookbinder said in a statement. The NAACP and progressive watchdog group Common Cause filed briefs in support of Griffin’s removal, citing not only Griffin’s involvement at the Capitol attack but also his recent refusal to help certify local results of New Mexico’s June 7 primary election. Griffin, a Republican, forged a group of rodeo acquaintances in 2019 into the promotional group called Cowboys for Trump that staged horseback parades to spread President Donald Trump’s conservative message about gun rights, immigration controls and abortion restrictions.
August 12, 20232 yr 9 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said: The eggheads from the federalist society aren't going to convince the 50% or whatever of registered Republicans who are all "ride or die" with this imbecile. If they could understand reasoning and fact based worldviews they wouldn't be supporting a snake oil salesman. Of course not but the eggheads might inspire the next egghead and the put the ball in motion. As I said I lost hope long ago.
August 12, 20232 yr What is wrong with this idiot? Is he unaware that such a thing as the public record exists? YOU APPOINTED HIM, YOU BLITHERING DEWSH!
August 12, 20232 yr https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/qX0VeC2w Trump is going to buy everyone a pork cho....where'd he go?
August 12, 20232 yr https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-phone-ban-prosecutors-documents-january-6-charges-2023-8 "Prosecutors convinced a judge not to let Trump have his phone while reviewing trial documents because he has a 'tendency' to 'hold onto material' he shouldn't have" 🤣
August 13, 20232 yr Captain Capslock is having a meltdown. The amount of ketchup his people have to clean up these days. Oy!
August 13, 20232 yr On 8/12/2023 at 9:00 AM, DrPhilly said: It has to come from the Right. This is a start. I’ve always thought that when it came it would be swift. I’ve given up hope along the way but maybe there is a faint glimmer of hope after all. They have had multiple chances to move on from the idiot but they have lacked any sense of self respect or decency to do so. I am not expecting that to change anytime soon. Sad state of affairs the GOP is these days.
August 14, 20232 yr On 8/11/2023 at 5:00 PM, DrPhilly said: It has to come from the Right. This is a start. I’ve always thought that when it came it would be swift. I’ve given up hope along the way but maybe there is a faint glimmer of hope after all. the stuff you take solace in is so absurd
August 14, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Dave Moss said: the stuff you take solace in is so absurd Hoping some miracle occurs and Trump disappears is absurd?
August 14, 20232 yr Somebody wants to go to jail really badly. Please, by all means, keep on poking that rattle snake, you dopey orange buffoon.
August 14, 20232 yr 20 minutes ago, mr_hunt said: Whoa, that carries a mandatory minimum sentence upon conviction, right?
August 14, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: Whoa, that carries a mandatory minimum sentence upon conviction, right?
August 14, 20232 yr Trump could be hit with a Felony Witness Tampering Charge in Georgia. Stable Genius.
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