Yet another 14th Amendment challenge against the 45th President has been neutralized.
A lawsuit brought forward by long-shot Presidential candidate John Anthony Castro, seeking to remove President Trump from the 2024 ballot in New Mexico, has been tossed by a judge.
WLTR recently reported that Castro was arrested and charged with 33 counts of falsifying tax documents. Castro is the owner of a virtual tax-prep business.
Castro is also responsible for filing 14th Amendment challenges in 26 states other than New Mexico.
Hopefully, his arrest and indictment will lead to the rest of these bogus lawsuits being dropped in each of these other states. Here’s more on the story:
https://twitter.com/JennBurrill/status/1745993873422200892
John Anthony Castro from New Mexico filed a lawsuit to have #Trump removed from the ballot, which a federal judge dismissed because they know they're retarded. Funny thing is, John was recently indicted on 33 tax fraud cases according to The Hill.
— Spud🥈 (@TheNewsMilitia) January 13, 2024
The Epoch Times provided more details:
Mr. Castro’s lawsuit in New Mexico was one of many he filed in other states, with Judge Garcia noting in an opinion that, along with the latest dismissal, “thus far, Castro’s efforts have not proven fruitful.”
“District courts across the country have—without exception—dismissed nearly identical suits filed by Castro for lack of standing,” he added.
One user provided a list of current states with unresolved 14th Amendment challenges: “Additional challenges to Trump’s ballot eligibility remain unresolved in 16 states: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Alaska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont New Hampshire.”
https://twitter.com/UPY_RS/status/1745939884332724248
“I will fight Trump and get him removed from the ballot!” *gets arrested for fraud days later🤣🤣🤣 #Trump2024
— New Mexico Voice (@NewMexicoVoice) January 12, 2024
Breitbart presented a portion of the judge’s ruling:
“In an effort to establish a cognizable interest for purposes of Article III, Castro invokes the theory of “political competitor standing,”… which is the notion that “a candidate or his political party has standing to challenge the inclusion of an allegedly ineligible rival on the ballot, on the theory that doing so hurts the candidate’s or party’s own chances of prevailing in the election.”…
For a plaintiff to demonstrate injury as a political competitor, they must show that they “have a chance of prevailing in the election” because the underlying injury is the potential loss of the election.”
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