Maine's top election official could face an impeachment attempt in the state Legislature over her decision to keep former President Donald Trump off the primary ballot.

Maine’s top election official could face an impeachment attempt in the state Legislature over her decision to keep former President Donald Trump off the Republican primary ballot.

At least one Republican lawmaker has vowed to pursue impeachment against Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows despite long odds in the Democratic-controlled Legislature.

Bellows said Friday that she had no comment on the impeachment effort, but said she was duty-bound by state law to make a determination on three challenges brought by registered Maine voters. She reiterated that she suspended her decision pending an anticipated appeal by Trump in Superior Court.

“Under Maine law, I have not only the authority but the obligation to act,” she said. “I will follow the Constitution and the rule of law as directed by the courts,” she added.

  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
    381·
    9 months ago

    I feel like we are living in a simulation. We have to be bcz nobody is this insane to think that Trump didn’t break the law, and clearly based on the constitution is ineligible to be president again… the republican party has gone bat shit crazy in the last 10 years, and it’s bonkers that they have any support at all, and somehow 30-35% of the country supports this bullshit??

    • Shyfer@ttrpg.network
      31·
      9 months ago

      Republicans are insane right now. They’re going full fascist. I don’t know what else you call it when they so blatantly ignore the rule of law to disrupt the peaceful transition of power to stay in power.

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
      16·
      9 months ago

      Yeah, the last time this scenario played out, people put up with a lot of bullshit and terror before people got organized to try to stop it … that led to a world war where millions died.

      The best time to stop this madness is now because if you don’t, it takes far more force and even violence as time moves on.

      I’m not exaggerating … I’m being serious because I don’t want to live in a timeline that our ancestors fought and died to avoid.

      • metaStatic@kbin.social
        101·
        9 months ago

        The left has a serious problem with direct action.

        Meanwhile the core tenet of fascism is “By any means necessary”

        • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
          5·
          9 months ago

          The absolute stupid part of all this is … this is happening while we are destroying our environment which will lead to our demise or eventual destruction.

          The train we’re on is on fire and on its way to the end the track that’s going to fly us off a cliff … and we’re arguing about who’s going to drive the train and where we’re going to sit.

        • MagicShel@programming.dev
          13·
          9 months ago

          Direct action required dehumanizing your opponent, which is largely something those on the left are against but those on the right do constantly. It’s at best a small surprise that there isn’t more stochastic violence from the left.

    • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      214·
      9 months ago

      nobody is this insane to think that Trump didn’t break the law, and clearly based on the constitution is ineligible to be president again

      Insane? There are law professors writing editorials in the New York Times about how, in their expert opinion, Trump actually is eligible. You might think they’re wrong (clearly the Maine secretary of state does) but this is a genuinely ambiguous and unsettled matter of law; there’s no “insane” side.