14 STATES Are Now Looking Into Taking Trump Off Ballot

There are currently 14 states looking into the legal possibility of taking President Trump off the ballot in the 2024 election.

So far, both Colorado and Maine have decided to remove Trump from the ballot, but in Colorado’s case, Trump will remain on the ballot until the United States Supreme Court makes a decision on the legality of his removal.

John Anthony Castro, an unknown Republican presidential candidate, has filed over 26 cases to remove Trump from the ballot.

Most of the cases brought by Castro have already been dismissed.

Out of those 26 cases, there are cases that remain in 14 states that are still pending.

Here are the 14 states:

• Arizona
• Alaska
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• Oregon
• South Carolina
• Texas
• Vermont
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming.

All the states trying to kick Trump off the ballot and where cases stand https://t.co/ViFkE7dvFQ pic.twitter.com/4lofpKGBVk

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) December 29, 2023

Here’s what CBS reported:

Decisions in Maine and Colorado finding that former President Donald Trump is disqualified from holding public office have rested on a 155-year-old constitutional provision that was seldom used in modern times, but has now been invoked in escalating legal challenges from across the country targeting Trump’s eligibility to hold the presidency again.

The efforts aimed at Trump’s ability to appear on ballots under the Constitution’s so-called insurrection clause, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, began just months after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. That’s when the liberal advocacy group Free Speech for People sent letters to the top election officials in all 50 states urging them to bar the former president from the ballot as a candidate for the White House in 2024.

Since then, legal challenges to Trump’s eligibility under the measure have been brought in federal and state courts in more than two dozen states — 26 cases were filed by a little-known Republican presidential candidate named John Anthony Castro. Most cases brought by Castro have been dismissed, either voluntarily or by the courts. In 14 states, there are cases pending, according to Lawfare, a national security website that is tracking the Section 3 cases.

But in Colorado, a case brought by a group of voters became the first victory in the effort against Trump, when the state Supreme Court found he is disqualified from holding office again.

In a handful of other states, secretaries of state have said they cannot unilaterally remove Trump from the ballot. But Maine’s secretary of state became the first to do so Thursday night, when she issued a decision finding that Trump is not qualified to hold the presidency because of his conduct surrounding the Jan. 6 attack and should be removed from the primary ballot.

A STATE-BY STATE LOOK AT THE LAWSUITS TO REMOVE TRUMP FROM 2024 BALLOTS

John Castro, a virtually unknown presidential candidate from Texas, has filed the majority lawsuits (17), arguing against competing with a candidate he deems ineligible.

List of states: CA, CO, CT, DE, FL,… pic.twitter.com/ZFQYqfSDIB

— UngaTheGreat (@UngaTheGreat) December 29, 2023

Per Newsweek:

Lawsuits seeking to remove Trump from the 2024 ballot are currently pending in 14 states, according to data compiled by Lawfare: Arizona, Alaska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Several of the challenges have been initiated by John Castro, a lesser-known Republican candidate vying for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. Two separate lawsuits have been filed in the state of New York—one from Castro in Manhattan court and another from Jerome Dewald, a Republican attorney.

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Castro, who originally filed challenges in dozens of states, argues in his lawsuits that Trump is ineligible to run under the 14th Amendment. The Texas attorney also claimed that he will suffer “irreparable competitive injuries” in states like Alaska if the former president is allowed to run.

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