NYT: Judge Unseats Official Who Trespassed at Capitol on Jan. 6 as Insurrectionist

[Nevilledog]

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The effort to remove from office those involved in Jan. 6 just went from "theoretical" to "legally possible."

A judge ordered a NM official removed, the 1st time since 1919 a lawmaker was barred under the constitution's ban on insurrectionists.
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Couy Griffin, an Otero County commissioner responded to questioning, after watching a video of himself on U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Judge Unseats Official Who Trespassed at Capitol on Jan. 6 as Insurrectionist
The ruling made Couy Griffin, a county commissioner in New Mexico, the first official in more than 100 years to be removed under the Constitution’s bar on insurrectionists holding office.
11:39 AM · Sep 6, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/06/us/politics/jan-6-griffin-insurrection.html

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WASHINGTON — A judge in New Mexico on Tuesday ordered a county commissioner convicted of participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol removed from office under the 14th Amendment, making him the first public official in more than a century to be barred from serving under a constitutional ban on insurrectionists holding office.

The ruling declared the Capitol assault an insurrection and removed Couy Griffin, a commissioner in New Mexico’s Otero County and the founder of Cowboys for Trump, who was convicted earlier this year of trespassing when he breached barricades outside the Capitol during the attack. The judge’s order grabbed the attention of advocates across the country who have been pushing to use the 14th Amendment to disqualify former President Donald J. Trump and elected officials who worked with him in seeking to overturn the 2020 election from holding office in the future.

In his decision, Judge Francis J. Mathew of the New Mexico District Court said the insurrection on Jan. 6 included not only the mob violence that unfolded that day, but also the “surrounding planning, mobilization and incitement” that led to it.

“Mr. Griffin is constitutionally disqualified from serving,” the judge wrote.

Liberal groups have filed legal challenges in Arizona, New Mexico, North Carolina and Wisconsin seeking to block lawmakers accused of supporting the Jan. 6 rioters — including some prominent Republican members of Congress — from holding office under the Constitution. Until Tuesday, none had succeeded.

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Wonder why there hasn't been a challenge to insurrectionist Mastriano?

[aeromanKC]

1. Now the precedent has been set.

Next up, Bobo, 3 names, Gosar, Perry, et al.

[FBaggins]

2. Not really

A civil judge ruling specifically within a state law in a minor race is not going to be a precedent for somewhere else.

Particularly when multiple congressional-level officeholders have already been ruled in the other direction. Why aren't they precedent for this?

[magicarpet]

3. Is that Bang-bang BoBo ?

What about MTG ?

[aeromanKC]

4. Yep, bang bang botulism and 3 names

[spanone]

5. K&R...now the guy who incited him.

[Nevilledog]

6. This guy Griffin is a real peach. I want them to go after Mastriano.

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Griffin was also one of the dickheads who had to be ordered by a court to certify primary results.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. This makes me smile

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[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Good