Couy Griffin will not be able to return to his seat as a county commissioner, which he was removed from under the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment. Couy Griffin Supreme Court rejects appeal by New Mexico official ousted from office over Jan.
Couy Griffin was convicted by a federal judge in March 2022 of entering restricted grounds at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal by a former New Mexico county commissioner who was removed from office after he participated in the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.from office in connection to the Jan.
To appeal the decision to keep him out of office, Griffin employed legal arguments similar to those used by former president Donald Trump in his own separate case before theIn Trump’s case, the Supreme Court ruled this month that states can’t bar the former president or other candidates from appearing on a ballot for federal office under the insurrection clause, concluding that while states may “disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office,” they “have no power under the...
At the time of the conviction, District Judge Trevor McFadden told Griffin that, as an elected state official, he had taken an oath to uphold the Constitution. “The actions and statements you’ve taken since then are in tension with that oath,” the judge said. It was Griffin’s trial that forced prosecutors to disclose the location of Vice President Mike Pence during the riot, over Secret Service objections, to prove that Griffin had entered a restricted area, though he did not enter the Capitol itself. McFadden acquitted Griffin of disorderly conduct butIn September 2022, New Mexico District Court Judge Francis Mathew removed Griffin from office, saying that, while Griffin’s actions were nonviolent, they met the definition of disqualifying behavior.
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