Free Speech for People is seeking to eliminate Donald Trump from the Oregon primary ballot and the General Election next year. The national advocacy group filed a lawsuit with the Oregon Supreme Court on behalf of five Oregon voters on Wednesday arguing that Trump is ineligible to run because of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which states that no one who previously took an oath to uphold the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof” can hold office.
The legal complaint comes less than a week after Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade announced she wouldn’t keep Trump’s name off primary ballots under advice from the State Department of Justice, which told her she lacks the authority to determine whether presidential primary candidates are qualified.
