➡️ Court Case Update: Why 14.3 should disqualify Trump

14.3 and why the former president should be disqualified from any future race or ballot

🗽A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny. Heads up, today’s post/email is a long one, but necessary! We take a deep dive into 14.3 and why it should prevent Trump from running for President. We also dive into the current cases.

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14.3 and why the former president should be disqualified from any future race or ballot

In a multiracial democracy, ALL people deserve to be valued, pursue their dreams, and advance progress together. With love in our hearts and hard work, we will reclaim our nation from the cruelty, chaos, and confusion. It is our duty to defeat fascism and win liberty and justice for all.

Speaking of fascism, did you know one of the warning signs is fraudulent elections?¹

There is nothing more fraudulent than allowing a known insurrectionist promoter to run for public office-let alone the highest office in the nation-president.

For every state in our nation, the power to prevent an insurrectionist from appearing on the ballot lies with each state’s Secretary of State. In fact, in 2022 two different states (Georgia² and New Mexico³) heard Section 3 challenges against those involved in the January 6, 2021 insurrection. Disqualification under Section Three of the 14th Amendment does not require any prior criminal conviction - for insurrection or otherwise. CREW⁴, won the first case removing someone from office for violating Section Three in 150 years. The case removed former Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin and he had no prior criminal conviction for insurrection.⁵

The U.S. Constitution prohibits the former president from running for future office, and it would be fraudulent to allow him a spot on any ballot.

Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Disqualification from Holding Office

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

Furthermore, Free Speech for People, recently sent letters to Secretaries of States urging them to address this critical issue now. “ Mr. Trump’s conduct encouraging⁶ the “Big Lie” of a stolen election, encouraging⁷ and inciting an insurrection, and facilitating that insurrection by refusing to intervene to stop it despite urgent requests that he do so and by supervising subordinates who actively blocked the National Guard from assisting the besieged Capitol Police, renders him ineligible for any federal office, including that of president.”⁸

Current Cases

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (also known as CREW) has a 14.3 case that is currently being heard in Colorado. They are making the case that Donald Trump is constitutionally ineligible for the ballot on behalf of six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters. You can view on CSPAN and here are the cliff notes:

• “Throughout his testimony, Hodges detailed being punched, kicked, beaten and sprayed with chemical irritants by rioters and reacted to body camera footage from throughout the day. One individual attempted to gouge his eye out with Hodges' own riot baton. ‘I was afraid for my life and for that of my colleagues,’ Hodges said, later adding that his platoon was ‘completely outnumbered’ by rioters.”⁹

• “[Simi] testified that in the months after President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, Trump led an effort to influence violent extremist groups that ‘ultimately resulted in the attack on the Capitol.’ Simi, who said he’d conducted hundreds of interviews with members of extremist groups while researching their communication patterns, pointed to repeated references to ‘1776’ by Trump supporters in the lead-up to Jan. 6. Those references, Simi said, were ‘a violent call for revolution’ and an example of the ‘doublespeak’ that extremist groups and their allies use to urge violence while maintaining deniability.”¹⁰

• Witnesses called by Trump’s team described the “Stop the Steal” rallies leading up to and on January 6th, and claimed the crowd was overwhelmingly "peaceful" and "patriotic." ¹¹

• Trump’s attorneys included in their opening statement that Trump was actually calling for peace and highlighting the unprecedented nature of this trial.

• Representative Ken Buck revealed that he wanted to participate in the January 6th Committee, but then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy would not allow him to. ¹²

• This week ends the witness testimony, next up: closing arguments

Additionally Free Speech for People kicked off their case yesterday in Minnesota. Buckle up, its going to get bumpy.

We can and must prevent an insurrectionist from appearing on any ballot in America. Here are FIVE people power actions we can take:

1. Sign up for our Townhall: How Article 14.3 of the Constitution Disqualifies Trump from Running for President

2. Can you take 1 (one) minute and send a message to your Secretary of State to deny former President Donald Trump a spot on the presidential ballot for 2024? Click here to send a message.

3. Sign the petition to secretaries of state: Disqualify Trump from running for president!

4. Click here to share our Facebook post. Click here to share our Twitter post.

5. Call the Secretary of States office for your state and let them know it would be fraudulent of their office to allow an insurrectionist a spot on any ballot in your state.

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Thanks for taking action for our rights and freedoms! You are awesomeness!

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Everyone deserves to vote and thrive,

Laurie Woodward Garcia (paid with hugs and kisses, not bought by special interests)

People Power United | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

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1. https://twitter.com/hudsonism/status/826588106736406529

2. https://www.npr.org/2022/04/19/1093479545/federal-judge-says-georgia-voters-can-challenge-greenes-reelection-run

3. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-mexico-judge-removes-county-commissioner-office-over-jan-6-involvement-2022-09-06/

4. https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/accountability-in-the-states-for-the-january-6th-insurrection/

5. https://www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023.02.16-order-denying-motion-for-reconsideration.pdf

6. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/many-jan-6-defendants-agree-sent-capitol-rcna93074

7. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-jan-6-incitement_n_64a717a1e4b0e5efaada8926

8. https://freespeechforpeople.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/fsfp-mfvef-letter-to-secry-galvin-of-ma-0723.pdf

9. https://themessenger.com/politics/dc-police-officer-testifying-in-trump-14th-amendment-case-i-was-afraid-for-my-life-and-for-that-of-my-colleagues

10. https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/10/31/extremism-trump-violent-rhetoric-colorado-trial/

11. https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-14th-amendment-trial.html

12. https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4290316-ken-buck-testifies-trump-14th-amendment-hearing-colorado/

Click here to ready Crew’s latest report: The Case for Trump's Disqualification