A judge in Albany County, Wyoming, has rejected a lawsuit seeking to remove former President Donald Trump from office. Leading Republican presidential candidate — cites Section 3 of the 14th Amendment from Cowboy State voting results.
The lawsuit was dismissed by Judge Misha Westby on Friday as Fox News. reportwas filed by former lawyer Tim Newcombe and echoes discussions of efforts to remove Trump from the vote in other states, including Colorado and Maine.
Specific complaints include: fought Section 3 of the 14th Amendment prohibits both Trump and Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) from appearing on Wyoming's ballots. Unless Congress removes such impediment by a two-thirds vote of each house. ” The paper claimed that President Trump had failed to abide by the “transfer of presidential powers pursuant to Article II of the Constitution.” Accordingly, Mr. Lummis was “disqualified from appearing on the Wyoming ballot because he refused to count Pennsylvania's electoral votes to the electoral college required by Article II, Section 1.”
Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray, a defendant in the case, expressed pleasure at the dismissal of Newcomb's “disgusting” lawsuit in a release shared with Fox News.
“I am very pleased with Judge Westby's decision to dismiss Mr. Newcomb's outrageously wrong and distasteful lawsuit to remove Donald Trump and Cynthia Lummis from Wyoming's ballots,” Gray said in a statement. Stated.
He also denounced similar efforts to remove Trump from the ballot in other states and opposed a national effort that is gaining momentum as Trump leads President Joe Biden in polls. I promised to do it.
I have been working to get Donald Trump on the ballot, and I am pleased that our motion to dismiss this case has been granted. I will continue to fight this national effort to protect the integrity of our elections and ensure that the people of Wyoming can choose who they elect for themselves.
In her own statement to Fox News, Lummis said she was “glad this frivolous lawsuit…was dismissed.”
“Efforts to remove candidates from the ballot are a direct attack on voters' freedom to choose their elected representatives and undermine the integrity of our elections,” she added.
Other states, including Colorado and Maine, plan to exclude Trump from voting, depending on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to remove Trump from the ballot, but the order remains in place amid challenges from Trump's lawyers and the Colorado Republican Party. Similarly, Maine Secretary of State Shena Bellows cited the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause in ruling that President Trump was ineligible to vote in Maine. But Trump's team is challenging the ruling, and her order won't go into effect until the U.S. Supreme Court considers it.
The case is Newcombe vs. GrayNo. 2023-cv-36100, District Court for the Second Judicial District, Albany County, Wyoming.
