Lawsuit Filed To Remove Scott Perry From The Ballot For Violating The 14th Amendment
Perry helped incite the January 6th insurrection, the lawsuit alleges
J.D. Wolf
..."A lawsuit has been filed to remove #Congressman Scott Perry, the former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, from the ballot for violating the 14th #Amendment's #insurrection clause. The lawsuit alleges that Perry engaged in a conspiracy to incite a violent insurrection on January 6, 2021. It was filed by a local Democratic activist and comes just weeks after Special Counsel Jack Smith obtained Perry's personal text messages in furtherance of his investigation into January 6, 2021.
This latest news comes amid a significant legal battle over the meaning of the 14th Amendment. The Colorado Supreme Court has already ruled that former President Donald Trump should be removed from the state's ballot, while other states like Michigan and Minnesota, have defined the confines of the 14th Amendment differently. One key issue that is distinct in Perry's case, however, is that Perry is not running for President. All of the courts that have decided the issue have assumed that members of Congress are subject to the insurrection clause. The key issue here will be whether the courts are the proper avenue to remove someone from the ballot for violating the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause. "...
