Maine's top court refuses to consider Trump's ballot access, points to SCOTUS

Maine's Supreme Court declined to weigh in on whether former President Donald Trump would be disqualified from the state's ballot, instead deferring to an expected Supreme Court decision.

Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows declared Trump was ineligible to appear on the Dec. 28 ballot, citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, but the ruling was put on hold by a state superior court judge. The United States Supreme Court will to listen Trump's December 19 appeal decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that disqualified him from the ballot in that state on February 8.

“We now dismiss the appeal because we conclude that it is interlocutory and that no statutory or judicially created exception to our rule requiring final judgment on appeal applies,” the Maine Supreme Court said. decision he said in response to Bellows' pending appeal.

Maine Supreme Court to Await SCOTUS Ruling Despite Democrat Bellows' Renewed Push to Ban Trump from Maine Ballothttps://t.co/yHUe813z9O

— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) January 25, 2024

Special Counsel Jack Smith make sure a four-count indictment against Trump related to his efforts to contest the results of the 2020 election in August on charges that included conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to interfere with the right to vote and have the vote counted, and conspiracy for obstructing and corruptly obstructing the proceedings of January 6. Smith did not accuse Trump of sedition.

“The Secretary of State suggests that there is irreparable harm because a delay in certainty about whether Trump's name should appear on the primary ballot will create voter confusion,” the court said in the unsigned unanimous opinion. . “This uncertainty is, however, precisely what guides our decision not to undertake immediate appellate review in this particular case. There are multiple alternative outcomes that would be more effectively dealt with by the order of remand preventive order from the Superior Court to the Secretary of State”.

Hundreds of people he stormed the Capitol building during the certification of electoral votes on January 6, 2021.

Legal experts predicted the Supreme Court will overturn the Colorado court's ruling.

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