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In recent weeks, the eligibility of former President Donald Trump to appear on the Republican primary ballot in Maine has been a subject of intense legal scrutiny. The Maine Superior Court has issued a stay on the decision made by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, pending a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. The controversy began when Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, ruled that Donald Trump was not qualified to hold the presidency under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. This provision, enacted after the Civil War, prohibits individuals who engage in insurrection against the Constitution from holding public office. Bellows concluded that Trump's actions before and on January 6, 2021, amounted to incitement of insurrection and therefore rendered him ineligible for the prima...

Maine's Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state's presidential primary ballot under the Constitution's insurrection clause, becoming the first elections official to take such unilateral action since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prepared whether Trump is eligible to return to the White House. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows's decision follows a Colorado Supreme Court ruling earlier this month that barred Trump from the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. That decision has been put on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether Trump is barred by a Civil War-era provision that bars people "involved in insurrection" from holding office. The Trump campaign said it would appeal Bellows' decision in Maine's state...

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