Former President Donald Trump filed an appeal Tuesday asking a state court in Maine to reverse the secretary of state’s decision to bar him from appearing on the 2024 primary ballot—the latest legal challenge to Trump’s candidacy over whether he violated the 14th Amendment by inciting an insurrection, a question that could eventually be settled by the Supreme Court.
Maine blocked Trump from its presidential primary ballot last week. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty ... [+]
The appeal, which was filed in Kennebec Superior Court, comes just four days after Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, ruled Trump’s name should not appear on the ballot, citing his role in the Capitol riot.
Trump claimed Bellows lacked the jurisdiction to bar him from running for president and requested the secretary of state be ordered to place him on the presidential ballot.
Trump’s attorneys wrote in a filing that Bellows should have recused herself due to a bias she has against the former president, citing a “documented history of prior statements prejudging the issue presented,” according to the Associated Press.
The former president is expected to appeal a similar measure in Colorado in the coming days.
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