The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal filed by a former New Mexico county commissioner who was banned from running for office after he participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach at the U.S. Capitol.
Couy Griffin, the former Otero County commissioner and the “Cowboys for Trump” founder, is the only elected official to have been banned from office in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, incident. He was banned by a state court under an interpretation of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
