John Dean, a former White House counsel to Richard Nixon, said on CNN’s “OutFront” that former President Donald Trump was in “trouble.” This was because of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) who recently ruled that former president Donald Trump was “not qualified to hold the office of the President under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment” and therefore will not be on the state’s ballot.
Erica Hill, who was a guest host on the show, went into explaining how, in a free and fair election, Biden and the Democrats actually do not trust the American voter. “When we look at this perhaps not surprisingly we heard frequently from the Trump campaign slamming this decision saying in part, ‘Biden and the Democrats simply do not trust the American voter in a free and fair election,’” said Hill, adding: “We’re hearing this, hey, leave it up to the voters to decide. Put somebody on the ballot and they’ll tell you whether they should be in office or not.”
Then Dean started talking about how we already know that they like to ignore the Constitution, and how he thinks that the Maine decision is very solid, and how It was fully briefed. “There is ample due process in this proceeding. And they just lost by a straight, honest reading of the 14th Amendment. Trump is in trouble. He’s in trouble wherever this is raised and addressed,” said Dean, adding that the Supreme Court is going to have to weigh in on it and that he wants to see those strict constructionists get around that language. Then he asked himself how are they going to do it, and said: “I don’t know. It looks so applicable Erica,” reported Breitbart.
“I don’t know what they can do with it other than take him off the ballot,” he then concluded. As the legal complexities surrounding Maine’s decision unfold, the Trump campaign’s criticism echoes concerns about trust in the democratic process. Dean’s assessment of the solid grounding of the Maine ruling and the impending involvement of the Supreme Court point to a pivotal legal battle ahead.
The question remains whether the strict constructionists can navigate the constitutional nuances, leaving the nation in anticipation of whether Trump will run for president in the 2024 election, and how this unprecedented challenge will shape the future of politics in the United States. So Donald Trump is in trouble indeed as Dean says, but it remains to be seen what the Supreme Court will decide on if he is eligible to run for the 2024 election or not.
