According to a database maintained by Lawfare, 16 other states have pending legal challenges to the 45th President’s eligibility for office under the 14th Amendment. Like Colorado, the lawsuits fallaciously claim that Trump is barred because he engaged in an insurrection with his so-called actions during the Capitol Hill protest on Jan. 6, 2021.
Here is the full list:
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Maine
- Michigan
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
The New York Times reports four of these lawsuits — in Michigan, Oregon, New Jersey, and Wisconsin — have been filed in state courts. Eleven lawsuits — in Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, New York, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming — have been filed in federal district courts.
One longshot GOP presidential candidate from Texas has filed a 14th Amendment challenge to Trump directly to the U.S. Supreme Court. It looks like justices could take up that case this fall.
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