Laura Loomer noted on Twitter that an individual by the name of Lawrence Caplan recently filed in federal court to attempt to have former President Donald Trump “REMOVED AND DISQUALIFIED from the 2024 Presidential Election and barred from the ballot in the state of Florida under the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution.”
Caplan has publicly said he resides in South Florida, and is arguing that Trump cannot legally be on the 2024 election ballot as a candidate for US President because he “engaged in an insurrection”. This is the same legal method that was used to take @CowboyCouy off the ballot in New Mexico.
JUST IN: An individual by the name of Lawrence Caplan has filed in federal court to attempt to have President @realDonaldTrump REMOVED AND DISQUALIFIED from the 2024 Presidential Election and barred from the ballot in the state of Florida under the 14th Amendment of the United… pic.twitter.com/xunZHWaGUM
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) August 27, 2023
Meanwhile, you can check out some excerpts from Boston Globe (behind paywall):
“Secretary of State David Scanlan, who will oversee the first-in-the-nation presidential primary in just five months, said he’s received several letters lately that urge him to take action based on a legal theory that claims the Constitution empowers him to block Trump from the ballot.
“Scanlan, a Republican, said he’s listening and will seek legal advice to ensure that his team thoroughly understands the arguments at play. …
“‘I have some in-house staff attorneys that are election experts,” he said. ‘I will be asking the attorney general’s office for their input. And ultimately whatever is decided is probably going to require some judicial input.’” …
“Here in New Hampshire, the GOP’s 2020 nominee for the first congressional district, attorney Bryant “Corky” Messner, said in a radio interview Monday that he read about the legal theory and is now thinking about suing to ensure that Scanlan enforces the Constitution against Trump.
“Scanlan said the former president — who faces four criminal indictments, including two that pertain to his attempts to subvert democracy after the 2020 election — is entitled to due process. And he said judges are better equipped than he currently is to determine whether the campaign that culminated in violence at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, triggers the 14th Amendment.
“’I view the violence as being a really unfortunate event in our history,” he said. “I don’t know that I’m really qualified to say whether that was an ‘insurrection’ or not. I think that is for the courts to decide’.”
