In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" Donald Trump claims that the events of January 6, 2021, were not “insurrection” as that term is used in US Constitution Section 3

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In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" Donald Trump claims that the events of January 6, 2021, were not “insurrection” as that term is used in US Constitution Section 3

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In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" Donald Trump claims that US Supreme Court should reverse Colorado Supreme court holding that he did "engage in insurrection"

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In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" respondent Anderson et al. claims that based on “clear and convincing evidence” Colorado trial court in case "Anderson v Griswold" has already found that Trump was the “factual cause” of the insurrection on January 6, 2021

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By contrast, the United States has a long history of political protests that have turned violent. In the summer of 2020 alone, violent protestors targeted the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, for over 50 days, repeatedly assaulted federal officers and set fire to the courthouse, all in support of a purported political agenda opposed to the authority of the United States. See Portland Riots Read Out: July 21, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Jul. 21, 2020), https://www.dhs.gov/news/ 2020/07/21/portland-riots-read-out-july-21. In the context of the history of violent American political protests, January 6 was not insurrection and thus no justification for invoking section 3
the events of January 6, 2021, were not “insurrection” as that term is used in Section 3.
“Insurrection” as understood at the time of the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment meant the taking up of arms and waging war upon the United States. When considered in the context of the time, this makes sense. The United States had undergone a horrific civil war in which over 600,000 combatants died, and the very survival of the nation was in doubt. Focusing on war-making was the logical result.

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the events of January 6, 2021, were not “insurrection” as that term is used in Section 3.

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In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" Donald Trump claims that US Supreme Court should reverse Colorado Supreme court holding that he did "engage in insurrection"

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In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" respondent Anderson et al. claims that based on “clear and convincing evidence” Colorado trial court in case "Anderson v Griswold" has already found that Trump was the “factual cause” of the insurrection on January 6, 2021

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