Former federal prosecutor: Maine sec'y of state's disqualification of Trump 'a profile in courage'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : " In their op-ed, Aftergut and Tribe admired how Bellows "pinpointed" the dangerous implications of Trump's claim that his enabling of insurrectionists was protected by the First Amendment. READ MORE: Maine secretary of state blocks Trump from ballot: 'Not qualified to hold the office of president' "Upholding that claim would render the key democracy-protecting provision of the 14th Amendment a nullity for insurrection masterminds.
38% : " Bellows disqualified Trump based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment (also known as the "insurrection clause"), saying the January 6, 2021 siege on the US Capitol constituted an insurrection, and that the former president played a major role in stirring up the crowd of his supporters that ended up ransacking the US Capitol and injuring hundreds of police officers in the attack.
27% : The December 28 decision by Maine's elections chief to disqualify Donald Trump from the state's Republican primary ballot was both legally sound and morally courageous, according to a former federal prosecutor.
25% : " POLL: Should Trump be allowed to hold office again? "She did so in the face of predictable threats that came quickly after Trump posted her biographical data online," they added.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.