California’s Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis has reportedly urged the Secretary of State, Dr. Shirley N. Weber, to contemplate authorized avenues for excluding former President Donald Trump from California’s 2024 presidential major poll.
In a letter addressed to Secretary Weber, Lieutenant Governor Kounalakis references the latest ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court docket in Anderson v. Griswold, which deemed former President Trump ineligible for Colorado’s ballot, citing his alleged function in inciting the January 6, 2021, “insurrection” on the U.S. Capitol.
It must be famous that Trump has not been charged with partaking in rebellion or rebel towards the US. Trump instructed his supporters to be PEACEFUL!
“This decision is about honoring the rule of law in our country and protecting the fundamental pillars of our democracy,” Kounalakis acknowledged in her letter. She emphasised that the Colorado ruling ought to function a precedent for California to comply with.
The far-left Colorado Supreme Court docket, in its unconstitutional ruling, held that beneath part three of the Fourteenth Modification, Trump’s actions throughout the rebellion disqualify him from standing for presidential re-election. Referencing conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch’s opinion in Hassan, the court docket underscored the state’s proper to exclude from the poll candidates who’re constitutionally prohibited from assuming workplace.
Lt. Governor Kounalakis’s letter implores California to “stand on the right side of history” and to find out Trump’s eligibility for the California poll based mostly on the explanations outlined within the Anderson case.
“The constitution is clear: you must be 40 years old and not be an insurrectionist,” the letter concludes.
Learn the total letter:
Based mostly on the Colorado Supreme Court docket’s ruling in Anderson v. Griswold (2023 CO 63), I urge you to discover each authorized choice to take away former President Donald Trump from California’s 2024 presidential major poll.
I’m prompted by the Colorado Supreme Court docket’s latest ruling that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to seem on the state’s poll as a Presidential Candidate as a consequence of his function in inciting an rebellion within the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. This choice is about honoring the rule of legislation in our nation and defending the elemental pillars of our democracy.
Particularly, the Colorado Supreme Court docket held in Anderson v. Griswold (2023 CO 63) that Trump’s rebellion disqualifies him beneath part three of the Fourteenth Modification to face for presidential re-election. As a result of the candidate is ineligible, the court docket dominated, it could be a
“wrongful act” for the Colorado Secretary of State to record him as a candidate on that state’s presidential major poll. Moreover, Colorado’s Supreme Court docket cites conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch to make their case, saying the next, “As then-Choose Gorsuch acknowledged in Hassan, it’s ‘a state’s official curiosity in defending the integrity and sensible functioning of the political course of’ that ‘permits it to exclude from the poll candidates who’re constitutionally prohibited from assuming workplace.
California should stand on the appropriate aspect of historical past. California is obligated to find out if Trump is ineligible for the California poll for a similar causes described in Anderson. The Colorado choice may be the idea for the same choice right here in our state. The structure is evident: you have to be 40 years previous and never be an insurrectionist.
