Another State has seen the light….
After an initial surge of States trying to follow Colorado’s lead in removing President Trump from the 2024 ballot, it looks like the tide is turning back in the President’s favor — and towards the rightful rule of law.
Thanks to a wise and brave Judge, Nevada now joins the ranks of ten other States refusing to remove President Trump from rightfully appearing on the 2024 ballot.
BREAKING: Nevada is now the eleventh state to dismiss 14th Amendment cases to remove former President Trump off the 2024 ballot.
— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) January 9, 2024
NEVADA BALLOT: A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that sought to keep former President Trump off the ballot in Nevada under a 14th Amendment challenge that has succeeded so far in two other states. MORE: https://t.co/ogjyJ2Th88 pic.twitter.com/ibCndzTdnk
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) January 10, 2024
Fox News reports the following:
A federal judge in Nevada rejected a case challenging the eligibility of former President Trump to run in 2024, ruling GOP challenger John Anthony Castro, who brought the lawsuit in the Silver State, “lacks standing.”
U.S. District Court Judge Gloria M. Navarro, who was appointed by former President Obama, issued the order Monday dismissing Castro’s lawsuit that had ultimately asked if the U.S. Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment bars Trump from holding office over his alleged incitement of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
“This is a politically charged question of significant interest to the American public,” Navarro noted. “For reasons discussed below, the Court finds that Castro lacks standing, and the Court therefore lacks jurisdiction to hear this case.”
“To have standing to sue in federal court, a plaintiff must have suffered a concrete, particularized, and actual or imminent injury in fact that was caused by the defendant’s challenged conduct and is redressable by a favorable decision,” Navarro explained. “This limitation on the judicial power prevents a plaintiff from invoking Article III jurisdiction of federal court by asserting what is merely a ‘general interest common to all members of the public.’”
The ruling noted that five courts have already rejected Castro’s political competitor standing argument.
“In rejecting his political competitor standing argument, courts have fund that Castro improperly manufactured his standing merely to file this lawsuit,” Navarro writes. “The evidence indicates that Castro is creating his own injury in order to manufacture standing to challenge Trump’s eligibility to run for president.”
The judge observed that by his own admission, Castro “declared as a candidate and paid the filing fee to show the impermissibility of Trump’s presidency.” The ruling cited how Castro was quoted in an Associated Press article as having said, “I’m not going to lie and pretend my candidacy is anything more than trying to enforce the United States Constitution, and that’s what I’m here to do.”
Interestingly, President Trump remains undefeated in Federal Court challenges of these unlawful ballot removals:
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New Trump campaign statement on the dismissal of the 14th Amendment Challenge in Nevada to remove President Trump from the ballot.
“President Trump remains undefeated in Federal Court against these cynical efforts to interfere in the 2024 election.” — @TheStevenCheung pic.twitter.com/EgYsJGP7DI
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) January 9, 2024
Here is President Trump’s full statement:
And here is President Trump himself:
President Trump in Iowa: “In the general election we’re crushing Crooked Joe Biden by historic margins in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida and every other swing state.” pic.twitter.com/86ajw0LpE1
— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) January 6, 2024
Keep up the good fight sir, we’ve got your back!
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