Couy Griffin at the Capital on January 6
Couy Griffin at the Capital on January 6. Source: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics

Stuff you need to know, 3.5.24

“Supreme Court victory for Trump may not mean anything for Couy Griffin in NM”
by Austin Fisher, Source NM
March 4, 2024

The former Otero County Commissioner has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on his barring from holding office in New Mexico because of his presence at the Capitol on January 6. While the court has yet to say whether it will take Griffin’s case, its ruling yesterday that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump can remain on the ballot in Colorado quoted from previous cases saying state governments retain the power to set out their own qualifications for elected officials.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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  1. Although I personally would only happily vote for one singular politician, Rand Paul, it seems to me to be both highly presumptuous and definitely undemocratic to restrict any individual from representing any significant portion of a group of citizens. It totally smacks of the flavor of 1984: you have freedom to vote only for people we believe you should vote for. Sad day in New Mexico politics.

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