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Dan Rodricks: Law prof makes case for barring insurrectionist from holding office. Is Trump next?

Mark Graber, regents professor at the University of Maryland School of Law and constitutional expert, helped make the case for the disqualification of a New Mexico official who took part in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The case, says Graber, was an important test for efforts to bar…

Tribune News Service · Sep 28, 2022

Jan. 6 participant banned: Good or bad?

Pro-Trump "cowboy" is disqualified from politics – but the little-known law in question has pitfalls for democracy

Salon · Sep 16, 2022

A New Mexico official who joined the Capitol attacks is barred from politics – but the little-known law behind the removal has some potential pitfalls for democracy

A county court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Sept. 6, 2022, became the first in more than 150 years to disqualify a person from public office because they participated in an insurrection.

The Conversation · Sep 14, 2022

A New Mexico judge cites insurrection in barring a county commissioner from office

Otero County's Couy Griffin, who was convicted of entering a restricted area during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, must be removed from office for his involvement in an insurrection, a judge ruled.

WEKU · Sep 6, 2022

New Mexico bars commissioner from office for insurrection

A New Mexico state district court judge has disqualified county commissioner and Cowboys for Trump cofounder Couy Griffin from holding public office

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022