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Omaha Steve

(99,727 posts)
Fri May 6, 2022, 02:33 PM May 2022

Judge: Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified for reelection

Source: AP

By KATE BRUMBACK

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Georgia on Friday found that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green can run for reelection, rejecting arguments from a group of voters who had challenged her eligibility over allegations that she engaged in insurrection. But the decision will ultimately be up to Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

State Administrative Law Judge Charles Beaudrot announced his decision after a daylong hearing in April that included arguments from lawyers for the voters and for Greene, as well as extensive questioning of Greene herself.

State law says Beaudrot must submit his findings to Raffensperger, who has to decide whether Greene should be removed from the ballot.

The challenge to Greene’s eligibility was filed by voters who allege the GOP congresswoman played a significant role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot that disrupted Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. That puts her in violation of a seldom-invoked part of the 14th Amendment having to do with insurrection and makes her ineligible to run for reelection, they argue.



U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene prepares to testify, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Atlanta. Greene is appearing at a hearing Friday in Atlanta in a challenge filed by voters who say she shouldn't be allowed to seek reelection because she helped facilitate the attack on the Capitol that disrupted certification of Joe Biden's presidential victory.(AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool)


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-georgia-marjorie-taylor-greene-congress-1a3adca947abd4af6ae8a2f5e0cc901a

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Judge: Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified for reelection (Original Post) Omaha Steve May 2022 OP
Barely qualifies as a sentient being......nt Carlitos Brigante May 2022 #1
F**k! minstrel76 May 2022 #2
And that's where things stand in this country. Paladin May 2022 #3
No GQP Politician will ever be held accountable for 1/6. maxsolomon May 2022 #4
"Tell me how I'm not supposed to be cynical about this nation." AngryOldDem May 2022 #14
Obviously this was to be expected unless she gets convicted of sedition. Lucky Luciano May 2022 #5
No surprise. hamsterjill May 2022 #6
Yeah, no judge was going to sign off on that bucolic_frolic May 2022 #7
The expected result, but I'm glad the hearing went forth anyways. Tommy Carcetti May 2022 #8
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Initech May 2022 #9
The case against her bid for being on the ballot was poorly organized. FarPoint May 2022 #10
I hate this country Marius25 May 2022 #11
This! nt SoCalDavidS May 2022 #12
I have found myself saying that for 5 years. BigmanPigman May 2022 #21
Sad to say, I agree. birdographer May 2022 #24
They are all getting away with it. AngryOldDem May 2022 #13
Well, a lot of legal people here said this would be the result. oldsoftie May 2022 #15
Judge: The voters in her district can be as dumb as they want to be. nt JustABozoOnThisBus May 2022 #16
Just like in 434 the House districts. brooklynite May 2022 #18
Told ya... brooklynite May 2022 #17
DOJ Katcat May 2022 #27
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2022 #19
There was no chance to begin with since she hasn't been prosecuted. Action was an absolute Hoyt May 2022 #20
Exactly Chainfire May 2022 #22
Definitely agree with your remedy. Hoyt May 2022 #23
Maybe it is just the wrong action taken. The Grand Illuminist May 2022 #25
Well... Mike Nelson May 2022 #26
Travesty. orangecrush May 2022 #28
June 2022 Smackdown2019 May 2022 #29

Paladin

(28,273 posts)
3. And that's where things stand in this country.
Fri May 6, 2022, 02:44 PM
May 2022

Oh, well. I should have known things would go back to normal, after the good news about MSNBC's shitcanning Chuck Todd. Back to the ramparts.

maxsolomon

(33,400 posts)
4. No GQP Politician will ever be held accountable for 1/6.
Fri May 6, 2022, 02:46 PM
May 2022

Only the pawns dumb enough to film themselves committing property crimes. Giving tours to insurrectionists on your 1st day in office, inciting riots, subverting the Electoral process, that's all peachy. IOKIYAR.

the 14th Am Section 3 was a one-time thing.

Tell me how I'm not supposed to be cynical about this nation.

Lucky Luciano

(11,260 posts)
5. Obviously this was to be expected unless she gets convicted of sedition.
Fri May 6, 2022, 02:46 PM
May 2022

She should probably be charged and convicted for sedition, but that’s another topic.

Glad she spent resources on this though.

hamsterjill

(15,224 posts)
6. No surprise.
Fri May 6, 2022, 02:47 PM
May 2022

Raffensperger won’t go against the judge’s determination.

She obviously committed perjury multiple times.

bucolic_frolic

(43,295 posts)
7. Yeah, no judge was going to sign off on that
Fri May 6, 2022, 02:49 PM
May 2022

Let's get another 6 months of exposure for J6 insurrectionists and see how MTG's actions are shown to the world. This could be revisited if she wins reelection ... as in she's not qualified to take office again.

Tommy Carcetti

(43,198 posts)
8. The expected result, but I'm glad the hearing went forth anyways.
Fri May 6, 2022, 02:52 PM
May 2022

Margie showed to the world what a bad liar she really is.

FarPoint

(12,444 posts)
10. The case against her bid for being on the ballot was poorly organized.
Fri May 6, 2022, 03:10 PM
May 2022

Lousy prosecution....this is what we get...

birdographer

(1,340 posts)
24. Sad to say, I agree.
Fri May 6, 2022, 05:00 PM
May 2022

There's just too much stupidity now, and it stretches from supposed leaders to high school students who can't spell. Every trumper is stupid, simply based on their supporting trump, and that includes nearly all republicans. Too few people capable of original thought any more. I don't see a path to it getting any better, our schools continue to spew out idiots (football is WAY more important than learning) and trumper voters continue to put morons in office. This is a remarkably toxic country. I used to love it.

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
13. They are all getting away with it.
Fri May 6, 2022, 03:24 PM
May 2022

Un-fucking-believable….wait. No, it’s not.

With each passing day I’m convinced this experiment in democracy has finally failed. It had a goid run.

What the fuck does it take? What more evidence is needed?

brooklynite

(94,737 posts)
17. Told ya...
Fri May 6, 2022, 03:54 PM
May 2022

...nothing to do with Judicial bias; everything to do with a lack of evidence implicating her in an i8nsurrection.

Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
20. There was no chance to begin with since she hasn't been prosecuted. Action was an absolute
Fri May 6, 2022, 04:08 PM
May 2022

waste of time and didn't help anything. Might not have hurt anything, but who knows.

Chainfire

(17,643 posts)
22. Exactly
Fri May 6, 2022, 04:23 PM
May 2022

As much as I despise her, she couldn't be banned from running from office without a conviction for a crime. Now, burned as a witch is another matter entirely!

Smackdown2019

(1,190 posts)
29. June 2022
Sat May 7, 2022, 11:02 PM
May 2022

I suggest wait for the public hearings in June. By then, embarrassment and new information will be exposed that will pit the final downfall of the Nazi GOP.

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