缅因州最高审判法院推迟裁决是维持还是推翻缅因州州务卿的决定，前总统唐纳德·特朗普被取消参加2024年初选的资格根据第14修正案第3条，也被称为“暴动条款”
肯纳贝克县高等法院法官米凯拉·墨菲周三在一份17页的裁决中写道，她希望在该州3月5日的初选之前“促进一致性，避免选民困惑”，拒绝就“前所未有的问题”做出裁决，这些问题已经在美国最高法院的另一个案件中得到考虑。
墨菲否认川普团队对国务卿纳什·贝洛斯去年12月的决定提出的上诉以及他提出的暂停法院诉讼的动议，但也在美国最高法院得出结果之前暂停了贝洛斯的裁决。
美国最高法院1月5日表示将认为科罗拉多州最高法院根据取消资格条款裁定前总统没有资格参加初选投票后，科罗拉多州对特朗普提出了类似的第14条修正案挑战。
美国最高法院定于2月8日进行口头辩论。
墨菲命令贝罗斯在美国最高法院就科罗拉多州第14修正案挑战做出裁决后30天内就特朗普的资格做出新的裁决。墨菲决定，贝洛斯必须确认、修改或撤回她先前的决定。
2024年1月17日，美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普离开他在纽约的公寓楼。
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民主党人贝罗斯于12月28日裁定特朗普没有资格参加该州2024年的初选，因为他在2021年1月6日美国国会大厦发生的暴力事件中采取了行动，认定特朗普违反了第14修正案第3条。
她发现暴乱是在特朗普的“命令下，并在其知情和支持下”进行的，而特朗普一直拒绝接受这一点。
她的命令支持来自三名缅因州政客和一名该州居民的挑战:前波特兰市长伊桑·斯特里姆林;前州参议员、共和党人金·罗森(Kim Rosen)和前共和党人汤姆·萨维耶洛(Tom Saviello)转为独立人士;和居民玛丽-安妮·罗亚尔，他们都认为前总统没有资格根据第3条。
“最终，我们很高兴法院决定保持部长的裁决不变:特朗普是叛乱分子，第14修正案适用。我们将很快决定下一步措施。
特朗普坚决否认所有不当行为，并迅速对贝罗斯的决定提出上诉-就像他对科罗拉多州法院认定他于1月6日参与叛乱提出上诉一样。
贝罗斯决定在缅因州法院对特朗普的上诉做出裁决之前“暂停其决定的效力”。特朗普的法律团队随后要求缅因州法院推迟对贝罗斯裁决的权衡，直到美国最高法院对科罗拉多州的案件做出裁决。
特朗普的团队辩称，国务卿是一位“有偏见的决策者，她本应回避，否则未能提供合法的正当程序”，并且“没有法律权力”考虑这一挑战。
这一广泛的法律行动凸显了目前摆在法院面前的问题的严重性:特朗普在努力推翻他在2020年大选中的失败时与1月6日有关的行为是否使他没有资格再次竞选总统。
他面临过许多这样的挑战，其中许多都失败了，尽管它们在科罗拉多州和缅因州取得了成功，导致了正在进行的法律斗争。
贝娄在上个月的裁决中表示，她“注意到”没有任何一位国务卿“根据第十四修正案第三条剥夺了总统候选人的投票权利”，但她认为这与她所说的特朗普行为的性质是平衡的。
“然而，我也注意到，此前从未有总统候选人参与过叛乱。“
Maine court defers ruling on election official disqualifying Trump because of 14th Amendment
Maine's top trial court has deferred a ruling on whether to uphold or overturn the Maine secretary of state's decision that former President Donald Trumpis disqualified from appearing on the 2024 primary ballotunder Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, also known as the "insurrection clause."
Justice Michaela Murphy in Kennebec County Superior Court wrote in a 17-page decision on Wednesday that she wanted to "promote consistency and avoid voter confusion" ahead of the state's March 5 primary by declining to rule on the "unprecedented issues" that are already set to be considered in a separate case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Murphy denied the Trump team's appeal of Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' December decision and his motion to stay the court's proceedings but also stayed Bellows' ruling pending the outcome before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The nation's highest court said on Jan. 5 that it wouldconsidera similar 14th Amendment challenge to Trump out of Colorado, after that state's top court ruled the former president ineligible for their primary ballot under the disqualification clause.
The U.S. Supreme Court set oral arguments for Feb. 8.
Murphy ordered Bellows to make a new ruling on Trump's qualifications within 30 days of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the 14th Amendment challenge out of Colorado. Bellows must then either confirm, modify or withdraw her prior decision, Murphy decided.
Bellows, a Democrat, on Dec. 28 ruled Trump ineligible to be on the state's 2024 primary ballot because of actions surrounding the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, finding that he violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
She found that the rioting was carried out "at the behest of, and with the knowledge and support of" Trump, which he has consistently rejected.
Her order upheld challenges from three Maine politicians and a resident of the state: former Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling; former state Sens. Kim Rosen, a Republican, and Tom Saviello, who is a former Republican turned independent; and resident Mary-Anne Royal, all of whom argued the former president was ineligible under Section 3.
"Ultimately, we’re happy with the Court's decision to leave the Secretary’s ruling intact: that Trump is an insurrectionist and that the 14th amendment applies. We’ll decide next steps soon," Strimling said in a statement.
Trump has vigorously denied all wrongdoing and quickly appealed Bellows' decision -- just as he appealed the court finding in Colorado that he engaged in an insurrection on Jan. 6.
Bellows decided to "suspend the effect" of her decision until the Maine courts ruled on Trump's appeal. Trump's legal team then asked the Maine court to hold off on weighing in on Bellows' ruling until after the Colorado case was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Trump's team contended the secretary of state was a "biased decisionmaker who should have recused herself and otherwise failed to provide lawful due process" and had "no legal authority" to consider the challenge.
The extensive legal maneuvering underscores the gravity of the issue now before the courts: Whether Trump's conduct related to Jan. 6 amid his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss disqualifies him from running for president again.
He has faced a number of such challenges, many of which have failed although they were successful in Colorado and Maine, leading to the ongoing legal battle.
In her ruling last month, Bellow said she was "mindful" no secretary of state had "deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment" but balanced that with what she said was the nature of Trump's actions.
"I am also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection."
