The Oregon Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a bid to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban,” saying it’s waiting for the US Supreme Court to rule on the issue.
The ruling comes after Colorado and Maine kicked Trump off the ballot, after judges and officials determined that his role in the January 6 insurrection renders him ineligible for office. However, those decisions have been paused to allow for appeals.
Trump has prevailed in other states, where courts dismissed lawsuits on procedural grounds and never grappled with the questions about January 6. He has beaten back challenges in Minnesota, Michigan, and Arizona – and California’s top election official recently decided to keep him on the ballot there as well.
The Oregon court did not rule on the merits of the challenge, specifically citing the ongoing litigation at the US Supreme Court, which will hear oral arguments in the Colorado case on February 8.
Thanks for the genuine answer. That said, maybe I’m being cynical but most of those outcomes only interest political junkies, myself included (excluding him being barred from running entirely, of course).
What upsets me is my mom watching it on the news wondering what’s likely to happen, and the general public being told this is something serious when it really feels more like political theater since it isn’t likely to keep us out of the camps anyway.
To be clearer, my frustration is with the apparent coverage on corporate news networks