Judge overseeing case to remove Trump from ballot agrees to order banning threats and intimidation

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Judge overseeing case to remove Trump from ballot agrees to order banning threats and intimidation

BY NICHOLAS RICCARDI
Updated 3:19 PM EDT, September 22, 2023

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado judge overseeing the first significant lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot on Friday issued a protective order prohibiting threats and intimidation in the case, saying the safety of those involved — including herself and her staff — was necessary as the groundbreaking litigation moves forward.

“I 100% understand everybody’s concerns for the parties, the lawyers, and frankly myself and my staff based on what we’ve seen in other cases,” District Judge Sarah B. Wallace said as she agreed to the protective order.

The order prohibits parties in the case from making threatening or intimidating statements. Scott Gessler, a former Colorado secretary of state representing Trump in the case, opposed it. He said a protective order was unnecessary because threats and intimidation already are prohibited by law.

It was sought by lawyers for the liberal group Citizens For Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which is seeking to disqualify Trump from the ballot under a rarely used Civil War-era clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-amendment-ballot-ban-insurrection-colorado-4641bcfff79abf1d5d79dae7c3a73fa6

[Old Crank]

1. Good

But some are going to have to be jailed.

[erronis]

2. Don't see how this type of order will ever work without enforcement

We are pretty good at issuing orders, regulations, laws, guidelines, etc., but we ain't as good at getting a rapid response to an infraction. As long as there are many months/years between the charging and the punishment, there will be little negative feedback to the infractors.