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Originally Posted by finnbow
A New Mexico state court judge ruled Thursday that the founder of the group "Cowboys for Trump" must be removed from his post as an Otero County commissioner due to his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Judge Francis Mathew, of the 1st Judicial District Court in Santa Fe, ordered Couy Griffin to be stripped of his position effective immediately and permanently prohibited him from seeking or holding any federal or state position. In his ruling, Mathew said Griffin is barred from public office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment because he "engaged in" the Jan. 6 insurrection and became disqualified from serving in federal or state elected positions the day he participated in the Capitol assault.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/couy-gr...4th-amendment/
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"New Mexico law allows any private citizen of the state to file a lawsuit to remove a person who unlawfully holds public office there...." This allowed the state court action after an advocacy group filed such a suit. We need such a law at the federal level, enforceable against candidates as well as officeholders. Though as I said, running in contravention of the amendment strikes me as a conspiracy to obstruct a lawful function of the Government by dishonest or unlawful means.