The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to remove Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s so-called insurrection clause.
As ABC News reports:
The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal aimed at barring former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
In doing so, Michigan’s high court upheld a Michigan’s Court of Appeals ruling earlier this month that rejected an earlier appeal filed by the watchdog group Free Speech For People on behalf of a group of Michigan voters who sought to remove Trump from the ballot based on his activity surrounding the attack by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol ON Jan. 6, 2021.
On Dec. 14, the Michigan Court of Appeals sided with the former president, ruling Trump can appear on the state’s primary ballot.
While the appeals court upheld two lower court decisions, it declined to decide whether Trump should be disqualified under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars those who previously took an oath to uphold the Constitution but later “engaged in insurrection” from holding office again.
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