Can Trump become president after the disqualifications?

According to Fars News Agency, about 10 days ago, the Colorado State Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump cannot run for office in that state for the intra-party phase of the US presidential election, citing one of the clauses of the US Constitution. .

Last day, the state of “Maine” announced in a similar ruling that his qualification to be placed on the ballots is not confirmed. Which state will be the next to go to Trump?

These rulings are both unprecedented and historic. The Colorado court’s decision was unprecedented in that it targeted a candidate in the US election by citing a clause in the Constitution about inciting “rebellion or sedition”. In the state of Maine, this was the first time that the Secretary of the Interior of a state officially and unilaterally removed a politician’s name from the ballot.

for which legal proceedings will be pending. Trump has appealed both rulings to the US Supreme Court, and his name will continue to be on the ballots in these two states until the court rules on his case. This means that Trump’s political fate is now in the hands of the Supreme Court.

What is the lawsuit about? > On that day, when American lawmakers were present in Congress to approve the results of the 2020 presidential election, a group of Donald Trump supporters attacked Capitol Hill at his instigation.

Donald Trump believed that Joe Biden’s victory in the election was fraudulent and the election result should be annulled.

Critics of Trump 4th Amendment 14 of the US Constitution is cited and they say that he will not have the right to accept federal positions according to what is stated in this clause. Enacted that those sworn to support the US Constitution would be barred from re-election to federal office if they “incited sedition or insurrection.”

This clause has already been used to disqualify thousands of candidates from the United States of America (a union of eleven southern states between 1861 and 1865).

However, since 1919, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution has been used only twice, while experts say that the ambiguous tone of this legal clause of former presidents does not include

How true is this law about Trump?

Trump is currently facing criminal charges for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, which ultimately led to the January 6 riots, but invoking Article 3 does not require him to be found guilty.

So far, dozens of lawsuits to disqualify Trump have been submitted to state courts in different states. All of these lawsuits had failed until the Colorado court ruling. Dozens of state secretaries of the interior had been asked to remove Trump’s name from the ballots, and these state officials had refused to do so until last night’s decision by the state of Maine’s secretary of the interior.

The Supreme Court of the United States has never commented on a case based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Some experts believe that Article 3 does not cover presidents and therefore the US Supreme Court may overturn the Colorado court ruling.

Another important point is that Trump does not need to win the election. No victory in Colorado State. This state is traditionally a Democratic vote base, and in the 2020 elections, he lost the result to Trump with a margin of 13%. It’s more competitive, and losing the state’s vote could hurt his chances of being elected, even though he lost the state to Biden in 2020.

It is expected that until the Supreme Court of the United States makes a clear decision on whether or not Trump can run for office, each state will comment on Trump’s name being placed on the ballot according to its own criteria.

What do Trump’s lawyers say?

Trump’s lawyers put forward some arguments about the efforts to disqualify him Have. First, paragraph 3 is not applicable to presidents. In paragraph 3, it is clearly stated that those who incite riots or riots cannot run for senators or congressmen or federal positions, but there is no mention of the presidency.

Their second argument It is that even if this law is applicable to the presidency, such actions are “political” and it is necessary to remove people from the electoral roll directly by the people, not by judges who are not elected by the people.

The other thing is that Trump’s lawyers say that the events of January 6 were not incitement to riot or riot, and even if there was a riot or riot, Trump did not participate in it and he was simply exercising his right to freedom of speech. .

Of course, the lawyers who sued Trump have their own arguments. They say January 6th was a riot, Trump incited people to do it, and therefore he is not qualified to be president.

Can Trump still do it? Become president?

If Trump’s name is removed from the ballots in the states of Colorado and Maine with the approval of the Supreme Court of the United States, he is still ahead of his rivals In the Republican Party, he can win the party’s nomination.

It should be remembered that Trump lost the result to Joe Biden in both states in the 2020 presidential election, and it is unlikely that he will In order to win the elections, he needs the votes of these two states.

However, if the Supreme Court approves the removal of Trump’s name in these two states, then the issue is only for the states of Maine and Colorado will not be restrained, and many other states will also work to remove him.

It is not yet clear when the US Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Trump and the Republican Party. will do. But until the Supreme Court issues its opinion, Trump’s name will remain on the ballot.

Only if the Supreme Court of the United States does not accept Trump’s appeal or if the ruling of the state courts If he keeps the states, his name will be removed from the ballots. In the state of Maine, the decision of the Secretary of the Interior of this state will not be effective unless the Supreme Court of this state also approves it. The issue will require detailed discussion, but they are under pressure to comment on these cases before March 5, when most states vote in the primaries.

Another important issue in The issue is that the balance of power in the US Supreme Court has changed in favor of conservatives in recent years and three of the judges of this court were appointed by him during Trump’s presidency.

The opinion of the Supreme Court It will also have far-reaching effects on the general election, where Trump is likely to face Biden. Dozens of states in the United States have filed similar complaints and are trying to prevent Trump from running for office. that the same procedure may spread to more competitive states and will reduce Trump’s chances in an election that is predicted to be a tight competition.

For now, any predictions about Trump’s future The presidential election depends on the verdict that the Supreme Court will issue.

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