Georgia's enforcement of a post-Civil War era ban on officeholders who support insurrection is over for Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene.
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According to the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals, the lawsuit that was brought against her was thrown out. One judge said she would have sided with the Republican lawmaker and offered a road map to other candidates fighting over their ability to serve.
After successfully defending her eligibility against a challenge from Georgia voters, she will be on the November ballot.
The voters claimed that the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was the result of a key role played by the man they voted for.
The voters used the 14th Amendment's insurrection disqualification provision to disqualify Greene through a state law that allowed ballot eligibility challenges. State officials and courts refused to overturn the decision of the administrative law judge.
A federal judge refused to grant an injunction that would have halted the state process.
The case was thrown out by a three-judge panel after she kept her spot on the ballot. Two of the nominees of former President Donald Trump were on the panel.
Georgia unconstitutionally invaded Congress's role to judge its members' qualifications, according to a separate letter written by Branch.
Branch wrote that Georgia was wrongly trying to add a "substantive qualification" to Greene's eligibility to run for office and that the 14th Amendment's disqualification language allowed Congress to overrule it.
James Bopp Jr. wrote that although the case was over, they were still appreciative of the judge who agreed with them. The representatives of the Georgia secretary of state and attorney general didn't reply to requests for comment.
John Bonifaz is the president of Free Speech for People, an advocacy group that represented the Georgia voters. The district judge's decision isn't binding, but it features important findings that other judges and lawyers could cite in the future
Free Speech for People would file disqualification challenges in multiple states if Trump ran for president.
The first person to be removed from office under the insurrection language was a local official in New Mexico. The founder of Cowboys for Trump was found guilty of a crime for being at the capitol.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a government watchdog group, said on Thursday that it would try to keep Trump off the ballot.
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