Marjorie Taylor Greene Denies ‘Insurrectionist’ Charge in Court

Mr. Bopp dismissed the case as exactly the alternative, asserting that the legislation was on the aspect of his consumer, who, removed from partaking in revolt, had been a sufferer in the course of the riot — scared, confused, and fearing for her life as Mr. Trump’s supporters swarmed by way of the Capitol, the place she was current simply to do her job.

He maintained that the complete Free Speech for Folks effort was designed to disclaim Georgia voters their rights, as a result of the plaintiffs couldn’t defeat Ms. Greene on the poll field.

“This isn’t a candidate debate. This isn’t a spot for political hyperbole. This isn’t a spot for political smear. It’s a courtroom of legislation,” Mr. Bopp stated.

On the coronary heart of the case towards Ms. Greene is the plaintiffs’ declare that the congresswoman is disqualified from searching for re-election as a result of her assist of the rioters who attacked the Capitol made her an “insurrectionist” below the Structure, and due to this fact barred her below the little-known third part of the 14th Modification, which was adopted in the course of the Reconstruction years to punish members of the Confederacy.

That part declares that “no individual shall” maintain “any workplace, civil or army, below the USA, or below any state, who, having beforehand taken an oath” to “assist the Structure,” had then “engaged in revolt or revolt towards the identical, or given help or consolation to the enemies thereof.”

Comparable instances have suffered setbacks in North Carolina, the place a federal decide blocked a problem towards Consultant Madison Cawthorn, one other far-right Republican, and in Arizona, the place the Superior Court docket in Maricopa County dominated on Thursday that it didn’t have the authority to dam the re-elections of two different conservative Republicans, Representatives Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs, and the candidacy for secretary of state of a state consultant, Mark Finchem.

A separate effort is pending towards Republicans, together with Senator Ron Johnson, in Wisconsin.

However to this point, solely the case towards Ms. Greene has been allowed to proceed. And on Friday, she was compelled to reply questions below oath.