FILE - The Minnesota State Supreme Court Building is shown in this Jan. 10, 2020, photo in St. Paul, Minn. Efforts to use the Constitution's"insurrection" clause to prevent former President Donald Trump from running again for the White House are turnng to Minnesota with oral arguments before the state Supreme Court. Thursday's hearing will unfold as a trial in a similar case plays out in Colorado.
“The events of January 6, 2021, amounted to an insurrection or a rebellion under Section 3: a violent, coordinated effort to storm the Capitol to obstruct and prevent the Vice President of the United States and the United States Congress from fulfilling their constitutional roles by certifying President Biden's victory, and to illegally extend then-President Trump’s tenure in office,”Trump’s lawyers acknowledged in their filings that the question of whether Trump “is suited to hold the...
Some of Trump’s main arguments are that Minnesota and federal law don’t allow courts to strike him from the ballot and that the insurrection clause doesn’t apply to presidents, anyway. The insurrection clause does not mention the office of president directly, but instead includes somewhat vague language saying it applies to the “elector of president and vice president.
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