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Some Reasons Why Lawsuits to Disqualify Trump Will Fail—Part I

The CREW lawsuit is one of several seeking to disqualify President Trump as an “insurrectionist” because of his actions in the wake of the 2020 election.
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Some Reasons Why Lawsuits to Disqualify Trump Will Fail—Part I
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas on Aug. 6, 2022. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Rob Natelson
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Amid much media hullabaloo, a group called “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington” (CREW) recently filed a petition in a Colorado trial court demanding that former President Donald Trump be disqualified from the Colorado presidential ballot on the grounds that he’s an insurrectionist. CREW seems to exist largely to sue Republicans, especially President Trump.
Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (3rd ed., 2015). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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