密歇根州上诉法院周四裁定，前总统唐纳德·特朗普可能会留在该州2024年共和党初选中也不会因为第14修正案第3条而被取消竞选资格。
密歇根州法院维持了两个下级法院的裁决，驳回了监督组织“人民言论自由”代表密歇根州选民提起的上诉。
法院在一份3比0的意见中表示，原告的挑战在程序上不“成熟”，并且没有具体裁定特朗普是否属于取消资格条款的范围。
“正如索赔法院所承认的那样，决定是否宣布特朗普此时没有资格担任美国总统是不合适的，”法院写道。
2023年12月13日，共和党总统候选人、前总统唐纳德·特朗普在爱荷华州科拉尔维尔凯悦酒店的竞选活动上发表讲话。
“目前，唯一即将发生的事件是总统初选。但正如所解释的那样，特朗普是否被取消资格与他在那张特定选票上的位置无关。因此，关于总统初选，不存在实际的争议，因为将特朗普从总统初选选票中删除的唯一据称的基础，不足以成为将特朗普的名字从选票中删除的基础，”法院说。
特朗普的团队在周四晚上庆祝了这一裁决。
“随着密歇根上诉法院在下级法院肯定特朗普竞选的胜利，索罗斯资助的民主党人通过对第14修正案的恶意解释干涉选举的绝望企图再次失败。竞选发言人张致恒在一份声明中说:“特朗普总统在这些无聊的法律主张面前保持不败，并且从未像现在这样有能力赢得明年的选举。”。
Michigan Court of Appeals rules Trump can remain on 2024 GOP primary ballot
Michigan's Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that former President Donald Trumpcould remain on the state's 2024 GOP primary ballotand wouldn't be disqualified from running in the state under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
The Michigan court upheld two lower courts' rulings by rejecting an appeal filed by the watchdog group Free Speech For People on behalf of a group of Michigan voters.
The court said in a 3-0 opinion that the plaintiff's challenge was not "ripe" on procedural grounds and did not specifically rule on whether Trump fell under the disqualification clause.
"As the Court of Claims recognized, it would be improper to decide whether to grant a declaration that Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President of the United States at this time," the court wrote.
"At the moment, the only event about to occur is the presidential primary election. But as explained, whether Trump is disqualified is irrelevant to his placement on that particular ballot. Thus, with respect to the presidential primary election, there is no actual controversy, as the only purported basis for removing Trump from the presidential primary ballot would not be a sufficient basis for removal of Trump's name from that ballot," the court said.
Trump's team celebrated the ruling on Thursday evening.
"With the Michigan Court of Appeals' affirmation of the Trump campaign's victories in the lower court, the Soros-funded Democrats have once again failed in their desperate attempt to interfere in the election via a bad-faith interpretation of the 14th Amendment. President Trump remains undefeated against these frivolous legal claims and has never been in a stronger position to win next year's election," campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement.
