Efforts to use the Constitution’s “insurrection” clause to prevent former President Donald Trump from running again for the White House are turning to Minnesota with oral arguments before the state Supreme Court. Thursday's hearing will unfold as a similar case plays out in Colorado.
FILE - The Minnesota State Supreme Court Building is shown in this Jan. 10, 2020, photo in St. Paul, Minn. Efforts to use the Constitution’s “insurrection” clause to prevent former President Donald Trump from running again for the White House are turnng to Minnesota with oral arguments before the state Supreme Court. Thursday’s hearing will unfold as a trial in a similar case plays out in Colorado. Katrina Pierson testifies remotely as Judge Sarah B.
Trump’s lawyers noted that the former president has never been charged in any court with insurrection — although he does face“Both the federal Constitution and Minnesota law place the resolution of this political issue where it belongs: the democratic process, in the hands of either Congress or the people of the United States,″ they
“The riot that occurred at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, was terrible. The January 6 rioters entered the Capitol for a few hours and fought with police. But as awful as the melee was, and as disturbing as the rioters’ actions were, it was not a war upon the United States,” they“Ultimately, Congress counted the electoral votes early the next morning. No evidence shows that the rioters — even the worst among them — made war on the United States or tried to overthrow the government.
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