A Maine state judge said Wednesday that he won’t rule on whether the state can bar former President Donald Trump from its primary ballot until the Supreme Court rules on a similar question out of Colorado.
Trump has challenged Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ unilateral decision on December 28 that he was ineligible for the presidency.
Maine Superior Court Judge Michaela Murphy remanded the decision to Bellows’ office pending a decision by the high court following oral arguments Feb. 8.
“[This] minimize any potentially destabilizing effects of inconsistent results and will promote greater predictability in the weeks leading up to the primary election,” Murphy wrote.
“Because many of the issues presented in this case are likely to be resolved, narrowed, or disputed by the Supreme Court’s decision in [Colorado]The court concluded that remand was necessary,” said Murphy.
“Hopefully it at least clarifies the role, if any, state decision makers, including the secretary of state and state judicial officers, play in adjudicating disqualification claims brought under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
A Maine judge delayed a decision on the status of Trump’s vote to allow the Supreme Court to rule on a similar case in Colorado. AP Shenna Bellows removed Trump from the presidential primary ballot but later asked a judge to halt the proceedings to allow the US Supreme Court to rule on the Colorado case. AP
Murphy also denied Trump’s request to delay additional judicial proceedings in the matter, saying he did not have the authority to do so.
The Republican primary races in Colorado and Maine are both set for March 5.
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on December 20 that Trump was ineligible for the vote because he violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment — known as the Insurrection Clause or Disqualification Clause — by his actions during the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021.
The nation’s highest court has never ruled on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars those “engaged in rebellion” from holding office. AP
The provision prohibits those found to be involved in “rebellion or rebellion” from holding high office.
Challenges to Trump’s qualifications in other states — including New Hampshire, Oregon, Michigan and Minnesota — have failed.
Trump is the favorite to become the 2024 Republican presidential nominee after his landslide victory in Monday’s Iowa caucuses.
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