Legal trouble for Marjorie Taylor Greene
I just love to hear good news. And this is one for the books. There has been a lawsuit filed in an effort to block insurrectionist Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for reelection. The complaint says Greene is “unfit for office,” a statement I could not agree more with.
The reasoning is this: Greene’s support for the January 6 insurrectionists. This is not unlike the complaint that had been filed against North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn. The activists who have filed the claim allege that Greene has “violated a provision of the U.S. constitution.”
This is focused on the clause that was passed after the ending of the Civil War. Here is what it says: Candidates cannot run if they “have engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the United States. They cannot run if they have “given aid or comfort” to our nation’s enemies.
We can expect Greene to fight this complaint fiercely. And several legal scholars have expressed skepticism that it might work in knocking Greene out of the running. But there can be no denying that Greene HAS violated this clause. She has praised, complimented, and cooed over the January 6 traitors.
She has let the American people know where her loyalties are — and those loyalties certainly are not with us. So, we will have to keep an eye on this complaint. I know which way I’d LIKE to see things turn out. But it’s complicated. Still, activists, outraged at Greene as well as others, are using their voices in ways like this. We should all be thankful to them.
