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Related: About this forumNew legal case may threaten Rep. Cawthorn's reelection bid
CNN's Erin Burnett speaks to the legal director of Free Speech For People, a group arguing that Rep. Madison Cawthorn's (R-NC) embrace of January 6 rioters may disqualify him from seeking office.
And, the group arguing its case says they may also use it against Trump:
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New legal case may threaten Rep. Cawthorn's reelection bid (Original Post)
Quemado
Jan 2022
OP
Near the end of the video the person being interviewed mentioned that he is working with a group
TexasTowelie
Jan 2022
#1
Looks like that may be one of them, the other is called Free Speech for People:
Rhiannon12866
Jan 2022
#2
TexasTowelie
(112,125 posts)1. Near the end of the video the person being interviewed mentioned that he is working with a group
called "Our Revolution" to file challenges to Trump appearing on any ballots. Is this the same "Our Revolution" as the group formed by Bernie Sanders supporters?
Rhiannon12866
(205,221 posts)2. Looks like that may be one of them, the other is called Free Speech for People:
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North Carolina Voters Challenge Rep. Madison Cawthorns Candidacy for Reelection Under Fourteenth Amendments Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause
First Such Challenge to Candidate Eligibility Filed Since the Reconstruction Era
RALEIGH, NC A group of North Carolina voters has filed a legal challenge to U.S. Representative Madison Cawthorns 2022 candidacy. The challenge, filed before the North Carolina State Board of Elections, alleges that Cawthorn is constitutionally disqualified from public office under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution based on reasonable suspicion that he helped facilitate the January 6, 2021 insurrection. The voters are represented by Free Speech For People, a nonpartisan, non-profit legal advocacy organization with constitutional law expertise, which is serving as lead counsel in the matter; Wallace & Nordan, a North Carolina law firm specializing in election law; and Robert F. Orr, a former Republican Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. James G. Exum, Jr., a former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, serves as Of Counsel in the matter.
Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment, known as the Disqualification Clause, provides: No Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress. . . who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. The purpose of the Disqualification Clause, passed in the wake of the Civil War, is not to punish the oathbreaker but rather to protect the country. No criminal conviction or prior adjudication is required under the Disqualification Clause, although Cawthorn would be able to seek judicial review of an adverse decision.
The coordinated and violent January 6 attack on the United States Capitol in an effort to prevent Congress from certifying the presidential vote was an insurrection against the United States. The Constitution disqualifies from public office any elected officials who aided that insurrection, said Ron Fein, Legal Director of Free Speech For People. As set forth in our complaint, the publicly available evidence, including Representative Cawthorns own statements and reports that he or his office coordinated with the January 6 organizers, establish reasonable suspicion that Representative Cawthorn aided the insurrection, thereby disqualifying him from federal office. We look forward to asking him about his involvement under oath.
Under North Carolinas candidacy challenge statute, any registered voter in his district may challenge his candidacy based on reasonable suspicion or belief that he does not meet the constitutional or statutory qualifications for the office. Once a challenge is filed, the burden of proof shifts to the candidate, who must show by a preponderance of the evidence . . . that he or she is qualified to be a candidate for the office. The statute authorizes depositions prior to the hearing, if requested by the challenger, and subpoenas for witnesses or documents . . . including a subpoena of the candidate. The challengers intend to depose Cawthorn and members of his staffsomething that the U.S. House January 6 Select Committee has not yet done.
More: https://freespeechforpeople.org/north-carolina-voters-challenge-rep-madison-cawthorns-candidacy-for-reelection-under-fourteenth-amendments-insurrectionist-disqualification-clause/