US Presidential Election 2024: Former US President Donald Trump has been thrown out of the primary voting in Maine, another state after Colorado, turning the 2024 election into ‘deep chaos and constitutional confusion’ on ‘insurrectionist charges’.
Reports citing political analysts said that while Trump was relieved that the Michigan court declined to get involved in the constitutional fight and kept his name on the provincial ballot, Maine’s decision was a blow to the former president. ‘A complete blow’ to the campaign.
The threat of electoral anarchy deepened
The threat of electoral anarchy in America has deepened after Trump was prevented from voting in another state. This was in the headlines in many newspapers across America on Friday (December 29) morning. The state of Maine has become the second state to do so by excluding Donald Trump from the ballot after the US Capitol riots on January 6, 2021.
Colorado courts had ruled that Trump was ineligible to be included in the presidential ballot because of his alleged involvement in the January 6, 2021 incident, which prevented the announcement of the 2020 election electing Joe Biden as president. Had threatened.
Colorado Supreme Court implemented the 14th Amendment
The Colorado Supreme Court enforced the 14th Amendment, introduced after the Civil War of 1860, that no person involved in rebellion against the state could hold public office in the future, but Michigan courts did not allow a similar suit to be filed. Maine also blocked the pretrial hearing, saying it was a matter for voters to decide, not the courts, but Maine ignored the Michigan courts and upheld Colorado’s decision in letter and spirit.
The move by the Maine Secretary of State, following a similar decision by the Colorado Supreme Court earlier this month, worsens a growing crisis for the Trump campaign and calls for the US Supreme Court to take up the issue arising from the 14th Amendment. Strengthened the ‘insurgent sanctions’ argument.
According to political analysts, Maine’s decision deepens an unprecedented legal and political tangle surrounding the 2024 campaign.
