Maine Secretary of State, a Non-Attorney, Makes Legal Ruling Striking Trump from Ballot Based on YouTube Videos

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "While acknowledging the case is "legally unknown territory" -- the Supreme Court has never ruled on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment -- the alarmed Honig argued that Trump has a good case that he did not receive due process.
33% : CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said Thursday on Anderson Cooper 360 that Bellows' decision to bar Trump from the ballot was based on "YouTube clips, news reports" and "things that would never pass the bar in normal court.
33% : "Maine's Congressional delegation also took issue with Bellows' rulingSen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, said the decision whether to vote for Trump should "rest with the people."
20% : The statute has never been used to disqualify a president from the ballot and has generally been understood not to apply to the office of the president, although left-leaning plaintiffs have sued across the country in long-shot hopes of keeping Trump from appearing on primary ballots.Bellows' ruling that Trump engaged in the crime of insurrection comes despite Trump having never been convicted of that -- or any other -- crime, or even been charged in court with the crime of insurrection.

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