“Oregonians deserve legislators who will show up and do their jobs—and when they don’t, there must be consequences,” said one advocacy group. Oregon’s Supreme Court on Thursday disqualified 10 state senators from reelection for participating in last year’s Republican-led walkout that paralyzed the Legislature for six weeks, delaying key Democratic bills on abortion, healthcare, and […]
The ex-president also filed a brief and claimed that ballot disqualification efforts “promise to unleash chaos and bedlam if other state courts and state officials follow Colorado’s lead.” Two-thirds of congressional Republicans on Thursday signed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court urging the justices to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court’s recent decision to remove former […]
“As two other states have already recognized, Donald Trump’s instigation of and participation in the insurrection three years ago provide overwhelming cause for his disqualification from holding office in the United States.” Just two days away from the anniversary of the January 6, 2021 insurrection, voters in Illinois and Massachusetts on Thursday joined the nationwide effort to boot former Republican U.S. […]
“This behavior is unacceptable,” declared Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows while her Colorado counterpart, Jena Griswold, vowed that “I will not be intimidated.” Depending on the decisions of U.S. courts, former President Donald Trump won’t appear on 2024 primary ballots in Maine and Colorado—recent developments that have led to threats against top election officials […]