North Carolina voters file suit to disqualify Cawthorn from running for reelection

[MissMillie]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/north-carolina-voters-file-suit-to-disqualify-cawthorn-from-running-for-reelection/ar-AASDjl8?li=BB141NW3

A group of 11 North Carolina voters filed a legal challenge to disqualify Rep. Madison Cawthorn from running for a second term, arguing his involvement in a rally preceding the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Hill constitutionally bars him from waging another campaign.

Lawyers for the 11 voters filed the suit to the State Board of Elections, contending that Cawthorn's comments in the speech shortly preceding the insurrection violates the 14th Amendment, which states in part that no person "who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same."

The suit goes on to claim that the mob that stormed the Capitol last year in an unsuccessful attempt to halt the certification of the 2020 presidential race results "amounted to an insurrection."

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It probably won't come to anything, but maybe it will spark some meaningful discussions.

[PortTack]

1. It is clearly spelled out in the 14th amendment.

He does have a solid dem challenger, he only won by approx 4,000 votes. A Stacey Abrams style campaign against him could send him packing

[blm]

2. Interesting to watch here in NC.

Cawthorn is NOT liked or respected by most of the other elected Republicans in NC.

[Turbineguy]

3. If a republican did this

I'd think it was a dirty trick. So that means maybe we are learning.

[RicROC]

9. in this case, this is not a dirty trick.

Hawthorn violated his oath of office, which should disqualify him from running again, much less holding his present seat.

[Hoyt]

4. I don't consider dirty-tricks admirable. We can beat this POS at the polls.

[keithbvadu2]

5. Watch out for Cawthorn. He's tough. He beats up rotted trees.

Watch out for Cawthorn. He's tough. He beats up rotted trees.

[The Jungle 1]

11. He is punching a dead and rotten sapling.

This is as deceitful as this creeps politics

[texasfiddler]

6. This isn't the only thing that'll make it hard for him

to run.

[JustAnotherGen]

7. I'll watch this

Susan Soloway (Hunterdon County NJ Freeholder ) was at the pre-riot "rally". May be a way to get her stupid evil ass out of office.

[The Jungle 1]

10. The 14th is the hammer

Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

I thought repukes were the law and order party?
Note this part of the law: or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. Many of them are guilty of giving aid. This amendment must be used!
Someone get the bag of feathers and the tar barrel. We got some folks to talk to.

[brooklynite]

12. Ridiculous...

If the argument is from the 14th Amendment, someone would have to LEGALLY prove that charge, rather than simply allege it.

[Tickle]

13. has he been charged?

If not, this is nothing.