Maine Supreme Court Deals Blow to Secretary of State's Plan to Keep Trump Off the Ballot

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : "President Trump is confident that the the United States Supreme Court will ultimately be fair and eliminate these meritless, sham '14th Amendment' cases once and for all," Cheung concluded.
40% : "Some have theorized that the wording prohibits Trump from holding office again because of his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, while others argue that not only has Trump not been found guilty of insurrection by a jury of his peers -- he hasn't even been criminally charged with it -- but also the amendment doesn't mention the presidency or vice presidency specifically and therefore does not apply to those offices.
30% : The decision made by Bellows, who was elected to her current role by Maine's Democrat-controlled legislature, was that Trump was guilty of insurrection and, presumably, that the insurrection clause applies to the presidency, and therefore he cannot serve in that role again.
28% : "This disenfranchisement effort, lead by Crooked Joe's Democrat acolyte and desperate partisan Secretary of State, was soundly rejected by Maine's Supreme Court in a dismissal of the Secretary's appeal of a prior order, which kept President Trump on the ballot," Cheung added.
20% : "Until then, President Trump will continue to fight them off at every turn.
19% : The Maine Supreme Judicial Court dismissed an appeal from Maine's Democratic Secretary of State, Shenna Bellows, who attempted to keep Trump off the ballot using the same argument state officials have made -- that Trump engaged in an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, and therefore is prohibited by the so-called "insurrection clause" of the 14th Amendment from serving as president again.

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