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Both might be disqualified as a threat to democracy. Leaving it up to the voters seems the only option.

No one was hurt in the incident.

(WHTM) – A lawsuit has been filed in Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court to remove Republican U.S. House Representative Scott Perry from the 2024 ballot due to the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause. The lawsuit, which was filed on January 2 by Harrisburg-area activist and former congressional candidate Gene Stilp, calls for Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State Al Schmidt […]

Former President Trump on Tuesday appealed a decision kicking him off Maine’s primary ballot to state court, beginning the next phase of the consequential 14th Amendment case. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) disqualified Trump last week, making Maine the second state to rule Trump is ineligible under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban. Trump’s…

David Axelrod is warning Democrats that yanking Donald Trump from ballots could end up bringing disaster on the Democratic Party.Last month, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump is constitutionally disqualified from the presidency, leading Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) to make t...

The former president is disqualified from the ballot. >> so much uncertainty asking the supreme court to provide clarity. we will have to see if they take up this issue. it is unprecedented. >> thank you. >> and joining us tim parlatore, former trump attorney. on the colorado case with the appeal expected as soon as this morning to the supreme court, when you think through the defenses of the trump team in that appeal, what is the most effective at this point? >> i think the most effective is th...

>> bret: fox team coverage. jonathan turley standing by with the big legal picture. rich edson live in d.c. with the details. >> good morning, bret. we expect to soon hear from former president trumps attorneys about keeping him off the ballot. theyll ask the supreme court to overturn the colorado supreme courts decision to keep trump off the ballot there and appeal a similar decision from maines secretary of state in state court. supporters of those decisions say trump clearly attempted to subv...

Say that. were they wrong? >> so, my personal belief on this is that while the impeachment does control as regards to the 14th amendment litigation, it does not invoke double jeopardy as to criminal litigation. and so i dont think that that is go going to be necessarily a winning argument of the double jeopardy to bar the january 6th prosecution. but i do think it is going to be effective related to the 14th amendment cases. >> its an important point, particularly as we await the appeal. on that...

Us to discuss this, tom, lets start with trumps appeal in maine which was dropped, his lawyers are arguing that the secretary of state who made this decision to remove him from the ballot, they say she exceeded her authority and she is politically biased against trump. she is a democrat i believe and certainly not a fan. that is true. but, are those solid legal arguments? >> reporter: i think the trump legal team is on much stronger ground on their legal arguments about whether the 14th amendmen...

State. kristen holmes, cnn, washington. so >> joining me now from los angeles is ron brownstein, cnn senior political analyst and senior editor at the atlantic. happy new year, good to have you with us. >> happy 2024. its been quite a year. >> indeed, indeed. so donald trump looks set to formally challenge efforts to ban him from primary ballot in colorado and maine. a likely is it that his legal team will win their expected appeals today and whatever been the political fallout from all of us? >...