Activists point to a section of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment that prohibits a person from running for federal office if they have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the U.S.
The court left open the possibility that plaintiffs could try again to knock Trump off the General Election ballot in November.
Until this week, none of the writings had seen the light of day due to a legal battle over whether or not they should be made public.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation had attributed its long delays to staffing woes and low pay.
‘It’s frustrating and it sort of makes you feel like something was being rigged or something.’
Taylor Barras took on the role of Speaker during one of the state’s worst financial crises in decades under former Gov. Bobby Jindal.
Beshear showed the skills to win in difficult political terrain for Democrats, with Republicans claiming all the statewide offices beyond Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
The seat came open when Marlon Kimpson resigned after 10 years in office to take a job developing trade policy in President Joe Biden’s administration.
In Durham, where Mayor Elaine O’Neal decided against seeking a second term, city council member Leo Williams defeated state Sen. Mike Woodard to succeed her.
The lopsided failure of Proposition 13 — which would have raised the mandatory retirement age for state judges by four years — stood out in a mostly quiet off-year election.
