Boynton Beach lawyer getting his 15 minutes of Fame

Palm Beach County lawyer files legal challenge to disqualify Trump from 2024 presidential race

The challenge was filed in federal court in the Southern District of Florida citing the 14th Amendment's "disqualification clause."

"A lawyer from Palm Beach County has filed one of the first legal challenges to disqualify Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential race under a clause in the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment.

Boynton Beach tax attorney Lawrence Caplan filed the challenge in federal court in the Southern District of Florida citing the amendment's "disqualification clause" for those who engage in insurrections and rebellion against the United States. The amendment was ratified in 1868 after the Civil War, during Reconstruction, and also addressed the citizenship status of freed slaves and the re-integration of the defeated Confederate states back into the Union."

Mr. Caplan is declaring Donald Trump guilty of an insurrection on January 6. And to boot, quotes the Amendment. In this country, Mr. Caplan, you are innocent until proven guilty and even Jack Smith did not go this far.

“I think this is the single most dangerous constitutional theory I have seen pop up in decades,” said Jonathan Turley," Constitutional scholar and a professor at George Washington University Law School, who has testified in United States Congressional proceedings about constitutional and statutory issues.

“Now, of course, that brings you to the original question. What was January 6th? In the view of many citizens, including myself, it was a protest that became a riot. It was not a rebellion or insurrection. But that’s a matter of disagreement between citizens, said Turley.

He was stating this mildly. It's a disagreement between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats will do anything possible to keep Trump off the ballot.

Turley further said, "But Donald Trump hasn’t been charged with insurrection, not even incitement. Special Counsel Jack Smith charged him with a variety of crimes like fraud. He notably did not charge him with even incitement.”

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