The state Supreme Court heard arguments this morning on a push to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the 2024 election ballot in Minnesota.
The push to disqualify the former president goes back to Jan. 6, 2021, and whether or not the insurrection clause of the Constitution makes him ineligible to be on the ballot.
Attorney Ronald Fein is representing the petitioners, and he made the argument on Thursday that it does.
“Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment protects the republic from oath-breaking insurrectionists because its framers understood that if they’re allowed back into power, they will do the same or worse,” Fein said on Thursday.
Attorney Nicholas Nelson, who is representing former President Trump, says Jan. 6 was not an insurrection.
“This does not rise to the scope or scale of an insurrection, and in particular, what President Trump did in connection with it does not involve engaging in an insurrection,” Nelson said.
Legal observers say it’s possible and perhaps likely the case will end up going all the way to the U-S Supreme Court.
The Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office has asked the court to decide the matter before early January when the ballot printing process begins.