Portland, ORE — In a decision they called “disappointing”, Free Speech for People, the national advocacy group that led the Oregon lawsuit challenging former President Donald Trump’s ability to appear on the Oregon ballot, learned that the Oregon Supreme Court will defer to the U.S. Supreme Court and won’t hear their court case.
The group asked the state court in December to order Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade to keep Trump off the primary and general election ballots as part of a nationwide campaign.
Critics in Oregon and elsewhere allege that he is ineligible for federal office because the 14th Amendment bars anyone from holding office who “engaged in insurrection” after previously swearing to uphold the U.S. Constitution.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hold oral arguments on Trump’s appeal over the Colorado decision on Feb. 8 and the Oregon court said their decision may resolve one or more contentions that relators make in the Oregon proceeding
