Trump scores major victory from Obama-appointed judge ( www.newsweek.com )

Judge Robin Rosenberg, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014, swiftly dismissed a case challenging Trump’s candidacy just a week after the lawsuit was filed.

The case, brought by Boynton Beach tax attorney Lawrence Caplan and two others, argued that Trump’s name should not be allowed to appear on the Florida presidential primary ballot next year because of his alleged role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Robinson told the plaintiffs on Friday that their case lacked standing to bring a challenge under the Constitution’s 14th Amendment.

gregorum , (edited )
@gregorum@lemm.ee avatar

It may require that Trump first be convicted in at least one of these cases before such a challenge could actually proceed in court— or that a judge would have the guts to hear it.

Guy_Fieris_Hair ,

Seriously. Doesn’t someone have to be convicted of something before they can be punished for it? Right now the term is “allegedly” for all of this.

P1r4nha ,

Indeed. First time I heard about it, it was clear: until you can remove the “allegedly” in front of Trump’s crimes, it’ll be very hard to prove.

tinfox ,
@tinfox@lemmy.world avatar

Who then would have standing if not citizens?

spaceghoti OP ,

Election officials, maybe? I don’t know.

m0darn ,

Presidential candidates?

Anamnesis ,

That’s the problem, it seems likely that this element of the constitution is toothless because nobody has standing to sue. It’s just not clear who is materially harmed by his being allowed to seek reelection. (Except for the American body politic as a whole, of course).

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