The plan was that the Democrats would tie various Republicans who expressed doubt about the processes of the 2020 election to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, and then accuse them of “insurrection.”
What the Democrats said would mean, according to a Civil War era constitutional provision, that they would be disqualified from holding any office.
That was the case that was brought recently against U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a Republican from North Carolina.
However, now a federal judge has issued an injunction against the North Caroline State Board of Elections, which had claimed the power to convict Cawthorn of that “insurrection.”
The ruling prohibits the board from hearing challenges on the basis of insurrection.
According to officials with the Bopp Law Firm, who have been working with Cawthorn, a group organized in the state against Cawthorn filed a complaint with the state board demanding that Cawthorn be prevented from running for his congressional seat.
“They alleged that Rep. Cawthorn does not meet the federal constitutional requirements for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives because he engaged in ‘insurrection or rebellion’ against the United States on January 6th. Rep. Cawthorn vigorously denies that he ‘engaged in insurrection or rebellion’ against the United States, and his suit sought to enjoin the NCSBE from employing unconstitutional and unlawful provisions of North Carolina election law to remove him from the ballot as a candidate.”
The judge held that due to the substantial likelihood that Cawthorn’s candidacy will be significantly impacted by the challenges before the upcoming primary, it was proper for the court to determine whether the board could proceed with the challenge.
And the ruling said the state law violated federal law to the extent challenges are based upon the “insurrection” clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, because Congress removed that amendment’s application to any current members of Congress in The Amnesty Act of 1872, the law firm reported.
“It is a great honor and privilege to run for office, and it is also a right protected under the Constitution,” said Cawthorn. “I love this country and have never engaged in, or would ever engage in, an insurrection against the United States. Regardless of this fact, liberal Democrats attempted to defeat democracy by (continued)
This post originally appeared on WND News Center.
