https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4381802-destroying-democracy-to-save-it-maine-shows-the-danger-of-zealots-in-our-legal-system/
Destroying democracy to save it: Maine
shows the danger of zealots in our legal system
The Hill, by Jonathan Turley
Posted By: Moritz55, 12/31/2023 1:05:47 PM
“You had me at hello.” That line from the movie “Jerry Maguire” came to mind this week after yet another Democratic secretary of state moved to prevent citizens from voting for former president Donald Trump. Maine’s Shenna Bellows issued a “decision” that declared Trump an “insurrectionist” and ineligible to be president. She joined an ignoble list of Democratic officials in states such as Colorado who claim to safeguard democracy by denying its exercise to millions of Americans. Yet the most striking aspect of this poorly crafted decision was not its litany of conclusory findings, but rather Bellow’s implausible suggestion that she struggled over the decision.