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Dan Rodricks: Law prof makes case for barring insurrectionist from holding office. Is Trump next?

Mark Graber, regents professor at the University of Maryland School of Law and constitutional expert, helped make the case for the disqualification of a New Mexico official who took part in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The case, says Graber, was an important test for efforts to bar…

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Cowboys for Trump cofounder appeals ban from public office

A New Mexico politician and Trump supporter who was removed and barred from elected office for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, is attempting to appeal that decision to the state Supreme Court

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 participant banned: Good or bad?

Pro-Trump "cowboy" is disqualified from politics – but the little-known law in question has pitfalls for democracy

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A New Mexico official who joined the Capitol attacks is barred from politics – but the little-known law behind the removal has some potential pitfalls for democracy

A county court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Sept. 6, 2022, became the first in more than 150 years to disqualify a person from public office because they participated in an insurrection.

The Conversation

A milestone in holding people accountable for Jan. 6

A New Mexico judge ruled that a county commissioner who participated in the attack on the U.S. Capitol can no longer hold public office.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump loyalist booted from office

State judge bars "Cowboy for Trump" from ever holding any office after declaring Jan. 6 riot an “insurrection"

Salon

New Mexico official first politician removed over January 6 attack

This marks the first time since 1869 that a court removed an official for participating in an insurrection

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FBI seeks Jan 6 suspect accused of attacking Capitol police while wearing upside-down swimming goggles

Over 850 convicted so far in connection with Capitol riot

The Independent UK

A New Mexico judge cites insurrection in barring a county commissioner from office

Otero County's Couy Griffin, who was convicted of entering a restricted area during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, must be removed from office for his involvement in an insurrection, a judge ruled.

WEKU

New Mexico bars commissioner from office for insurrection

A New Mexico state district court judge has disqualified county commissioner and Cowboys for Trump cofounder Couy Griffin from holding public office

The Independent UK

‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder removed from office and ‘barred for life’ for participating in Capitol riot

Judge orders immediate removal of Couy Griffin as county commissioner for engaging in insurrection

The Independent UK

Cowboys For Trump leader fighting to keep job in New Mexico

Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin is fighting to keep his seat as a New Mexico county commissioner as he faces possible removal and disqualification from public office for his participation in last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

These candidates lost badly, but now are claiming fraud

Former President Trump's influence is growing — with fringe candidates, who are refusing to admit defeat even after they've been trounced.

WEKU

GOP test-drives plot to steal 2024

Trump allies' plot to seize local election offices just got a test drive in New Mexico

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The Independent UK

Building anger in rural New Mexico erupts in election crisis

Behind the raw public frustration and anger over election security that has played out this week in New Mexico was a hint of something deeper — a growing divide between the state’s Democratic power structure and conservative rural residents who feel their way of life is under attack

The Independent UK

‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder who refused to certify election results sentenced for joining Capitol riot

New Mexico elected official and conspiracy theorist Couy Griffin avoids jail for misdemeanor conviction

The Independent UK

Official in election standoff avoids prison in Capitol riot

An elected official who is a central figure in a New Mexico county’s refusal to certify recent election results based on debunked conspiracy theories about voting machines has avoided more jail time for joining the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

Deadline looms as election crisis in New Mexico intensifies

A standoff between a Republican-dominated county commission and New Mexico’s Democratic secretary of state over the commission’s conspiracy-fueled refusal to certify election results comes to a head Friday, the state’s certification deadline

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The Guardian - US

‘Canary in the coalmine’: New Mexico clash hints at looming election crisis

Otero county commission’s refusal to certify votes over unfounded doubts blatantly flouts state election law

The Guardian - US

Republican commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote

GOP claims without evidence Dominion voting machines cannot be trusted, delaying results in rural Otero county

Salon

NM GOPers try to throw out primary votes

GOP-led panel blocks certification of election results over unspecified concerns about Dominion voting machines

The Independent UK

GOP commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote

Votes in a New Mexico community are at risk of not counting after a Republican-led commission refused to approve primary election results over distrust of Dominion vote-tallying machines

The Independent UK

Man who carried Confederate flag into Capitol heads to trial

A federal trial is scheduled to start on Monday for a father and son from Delaware charged with storming the U.S. Capitol together

The Independent UK

Jury selection resumes for ex-officer's Capitol riot trial

Jury selection has resumed in the trial of a former Virginia police officer charged with storming the U.S. Capitol with a fellow officer who could be a key witness against him

The Independent UK

Ex-police officer faces jury trial on Capitol riot charges

A trial starts this week for a former Virginia police officer charged with storming the U.S. Capitol with a fellow officer who has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors

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