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Honoring victims, survivors and first responders following the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history was the first order of business for state lawmakers as they get back to work. Remembrances
Trump's lawyers argue that the presidency isn't explicitly mentioned in the amendment, only any "officer of the United States" — a legal term they contend doesn't apply to the president. Trump made the opposite argument defending against his prosecution for fraud by the Manhattan District Attorney's office, contending the case should move to federal court because the president is "an officer of the United States."
Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause.
Maine becomes the latest state to bar Trump from its 2024 ballot as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs state authority to block the former president from elections.
Maine’s Democratic secretary of state is removing former President Donald Trump from that state’s primary ballot. Shenna Bellows becomes the first election official to take action unilaterally to bar Trump under the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment. The Civil War-era clause bans those who “engaged in insurrection” from office. It’s the same provision cited recently by the Colorado Supreme Court to remove Trump from the ballot in that state. The Trump campaign says it will appeal Bellows’ decision to Maine’s state courts, and Bellows suspended ...