Chinanews.com, November 11 Comprehensive foreign media reported that on October 1, local time, former U.S. President Trump filed a lawsuit against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, aiming to stop the official's attempt to disqualify him from running for the 10 U.S. presidency in the state.
According to NBC, on the same day, Trump's lawyers filed a lawsuit in a Michigan state court, asking the court to declare that Benson has no right to disqualify Trump from running in the state's 2024 presidential election.
Like some other secretaries of state responsible for the running of the election, Benson rejected calls to act on his own to disqualify Trump from the ballot, saying it was a matter for the courts to decide. Benson has said she will not try to prevent Trump from running for president in Michigan in 2024, and she believes that Trump's candidacy is not up to her.
Data map: On November 2022, 11 local time, former U.S. President Trump delivered a speech at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, officially announcing that he would participate in the 15 U.S. presidential election.
Although Benson has not yet taken action, Trump's lawyer said he has the right to file a lawsuit because Benson did not respond to his team's letter urging her to confirm that Trump would run for president, thereby "creating uncertainty" and affecting how resources are allocated for Trump's presidential campaign.
Activists and legal groups in several states, including Michigan, Colorado and New Hampshire, have reportedly filed lawsuits previously. They claim that Trump is not eligible to serve as president of the United States again under Article 14 of the 3rd Amendment to the Constitution. The clause states that anyone who "engages in rebellion or rebellion" after taking an oath of support for the constitution will be disqualified.
Plaintiffs say Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election — including actions he took before and during the Capitol riot — meet the criteria for disqualification.
The lawsuit filed by Trump alleges that Article 14 of the 3th Amendment to the Constitution does not apply to Trump because the president of the United States is not an "American official." In addition, they said that the Capitol riot was not an insurrection — and even if it was, Trump was not "involved" in the insurlegion.
To date, most of the disqualification cases that have been filed for the U.S. presidential campaign have been dismissed due to procedural deficiencies, but a few cases are pending in state courts.
According to an analysis by the New York Times, some constitutional experts believe that Article 14 of the 3th Amendment to the Constitution and other provisions apply to Trump. But some experts believe that these issues are complex. And no matter what the verdict of the case is, it is difficult to reach a conclusion. It is almost certain that the losing side will appeal, and the Supreme Court, which has a conservative majority, is likely to have the final say.