Tuesday 24 May 2022 11:04 PM Appeals court rules insurrectionist members of Congress CAN be barred from ... trends now

Tuesday 24 May 2022 11:04 PM Appeals court rules insurrectionist members of Congress CAN be barred from ... trends now
Tuesday 24 May 2022 11:04 PM Appeals court rules insurrectionist members of Congress CAN be barred from ... trends now

Tuesday 24 May 2022 11:04 PM Appeals court rules insurrectionist members of Congress CAN be barred from ... trends now

Biden-nominated appeals court judge rules members of Congress who 'participated in an insurrection' CAN be barred from office in case against Madison Cawthorn Voters brought forth a case arguing that the Republican was ineligible for office because he spoke at Trump's 'Save America' rally ahead of Jan. 6 Capitol riot Cawthorn argued the case was moot because he's already conceded the race to state Sen. Chuck Edwards The court determined it was not because the election has not yet been certified and because the same issue could come up in another campaign The court overturned a lower court decision that ruled Cawthorn was protected by an 1872 law meant to grant amnesty for members of the Confederacy  The appellate court said it was a 'stretch' to assume the authors of that law intended for it to be used against future insurrectionists  The court didn't rule on whether Cawthorn had taken part in an insurrection, but if it was found he had he could be barred from running for office  

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A panel on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that members of Congress who are found to have participated in an insurrection can be barred from holding public office, in a case brought forth against Rep. Madison Cawthorn. 

A group of North Carolina voters brought forth a case arguing that theRepublican was ineligible for future public service because he had spoken at former President Trump's 'Save America' rally ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Cawthorn argued the case was moot because he's already conceded the race to state Sen. Chuck Edwards, but the court determined it was not because the election has not yet been certified and because the same issue could come up in another campaign. 

A three-judge panel reversed a lower court's ruling that an 1872 federal law granted all insurrectionists, past and future, amnesty, and was used to pardon members of the Confederacy. 

A panel on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that members of Congress who are found to have participated in an insurrection can be barred from holding public office, in a case brought forth against Rep. Madison Cawthorn

A panel on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that members of Congress who are found to have participated in an insurrection can be barred from holding public office, in a case brought forth against Rep. Madison Cawthorn

'We hold only that the 1872 Amnesty Act does not categorically exempt

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