前总统唐纳德·特朗普的法律团队周二提出上诉缅因州国务卿纳什·贝洛斯的裁决这认为他没有资格出现在该州共和党初选投票缅因州的高级法院，该州的最高审判法院。
特朗普上诉到肯纳贝克法院高等法院。初审法院的判决随后可以上诉到缅因州最高法院或美国最高法院。
民主党人贝罗斯在12月28日的决定中写道，根据第14修正案第3条，特朗普被取消资格，因为他在2020年大选后的行动于2021年1月6日达到高潮。
在提交给该州高级法院的文件中，特朗普的团队辩称，风箱是一个“有偏见的决策者”，“未能提供合法的正当程序”。
他们还表示，贝罗斯“没有法律权力”在联邦宪法问题上做出这样的决定，并且“犯下了多项法律错误，行事武断。”
2023年12月7日，唐纳德·特朗普在纽约市曼哈顿区的纽约州最高法院参加特朗普组织民事欺诈审判。
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特朗普竞选团队的发言人张致恒在上诉提出后的一份声明中回应了这些观点。
“缅因州的国务卿超越了她的权限，完全无视宪法，她草率地决定从选票上删除特朗普总统的名字，干涉选举，并剥夺了她所在州的选民的权利，”张说。
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贝罗斯在上诉期间暂停了她的决定的影响。缅因州将于3月5日举行共和党初选。
贝罗斯承认她的决定是前所未有的，上周写道:“我记得没有一位国务卿曾根据第十四修正案第三节剥夺过总统候选人的投票权。”
“然而，我也注意到，从来没有总统候选人参与过叛乱，”她继续说道。
缅因州是第二个禁止特朗普参加初选的州。这科罗拉多州最高法院还表示特朗普没有资格竞选白宫，因为据说他在1月6日“参与了叛乱”——特朗普团队预计将很快向美国最高法院提起上诉。
这位前总统赢得了密歇根州、加利福尼亚州和其他十几个州的竞选，以继续留在选票上。在十几个州仍有与第14修正案相关的诉讼在进行，向美国最高法院施压参与复杂而新颖的法律问题。
特朗普竞选团队周二发誓要继续“打击这些破坏美国民主的恶意企图，他期待在州法院和今年11月的总统选举中获胜。”
Trump appeals Maine 14th Amendment election disqualification to state Superior Court
Former President Donald Trump's legal team on Tuesday appealedMaine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' rulingthat deemed him ineligible from appearing on the state's GOP primary ballot to Maine's Superior Court, the state's top trial court.
Trump appealed to Kennebec Court Superior Court. A decision from the trial court could later be appealed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court or the U.S. Supreme Court.
Bellows, a Democrat, wrote in her Dec. 28 decision that Trump was disqualified under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment because of his actions after the 2020 election that culminated on Jan. 6, 2021.
In their filing to the state's Superior Court, Trump's team argued that Bellows is a "biased decisionmaker" who "failed to provide lawful due process."
They also said Bellows had "no legal authority" to make such a determination on federal constitutional issues, and "made multiple errors of law and acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner."
Steven Cheung, the spokesman for the Trump campaign, echoed those arguments in a statement after the appeal was filed.
"Maine's Secretary of State went outside of her authority, completely ignoring the Constitution when she summarily decided to remove President Trump's name from the ballot, interfere in the election, and disenfranchise the voters of her state," Cheung said.
Bellows had suspended the impact of her decision pending an appeal. Maine is set to hold its Republican primary contest on March 5.
Bellows acknowledged the unprecedented nature of her decision, writing last week: "I am mindful that no Secretary of State has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment."
"I am also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection," she continued.
Maine is the second state to bar Trump from the primary ballot. TheColorado Supreme Courthas also said Trump is ineligible to run for the White House because, it said, he "engaged in insurrection" on Jan. 6 -- an explosive ruling Trump's team is expected to soon appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The former president has won battles in Michigan, California and more than a dozen other states to remain on the ballot. There are still 14th Amendment-related lawsuits playing out in more than a dozen states,placing pressure on the U.S. Supreme Courtto weigh in on the complex and novel legal questions.
The Trump campaign vowed Tuesday to continue to "fight these bad-faith attempts to destroy American democracy and he looks forward to victory both in the state courts and in the presidential election this November."
