Tag: john eastman
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Colorado GOP asks judge to bar state from sending Republican primary ballots to unaffiliated voters
The Colorado Republican Party on Monday asked a federal judge to issue an emergency injunction to prevent the state’s unaffiliated voters from being able to cast ballots in the GOP’s upcoming primary election. Lawyers for the party argue in a motion filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado that requiring Republicans to…
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Facing ejection from Colorado case, John Eastman withdraws as attorney
Attorney John C. Eastman, who faces both professional discipline and criminal charges for his role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, withdrew as an attorney from a Colorado case on Friday before a federal judge could terminate him from the litigation. Under the rules of Colorado’s U.S. District Court, an…
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Federal judge orders John Eastman to explain why he should remain attorney on Colorado case
A federal judge in Colorado has ordered John C. Eastman, who devised former President Donald Trump’s plan to remain in office despite losing the 2020 election, to explain why he should not be removed as the plaintiff’s attorney in an ongoing civil lawsuit. Under the rules of Colorado’s U.S. District Court, an attorney cannot be in…
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Contentious exchanges punctuate hearing on GOP’s challenge to Colorado primary law
A federal judge heard closing arguments on Wednesday about whether the 48% of Colorado voters who are unaffiliated should be barred from participating in the state’s Republican Party primary, with multiple contentious exchanges in the hearing’s final hours. The Colorado Republican Party is alleging a 2016 voter-approved law violates its First Amendment rights by forcing…
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Colorado GOP makes case to judge for barring unaffiliated voters from casting primary ballots
The Colorado Republican Party presented a series of witnesses in federal court on Tuesday in its effort to block unaffiliated voters from participating in the party’s primary elections, months after the GOP failed to secure enough support from its own members to close its nominating process to those who are not registered Republicans. The defendant…