New Mexico's former Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin is the only elected official thus far to be banned from office in connection with the Capitol attack.
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out of office over his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Griffin's appeal of the disqualification asserted that only Congress, not a state court, has the power to enforce the anti-insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment by legislation, and it urged the Supreme Court to rule on whether the events on Jan. 6 constituted an “insurrection' as defined in the Constitution. It also invoked Griffin's rights to free speech protections. “If the decision ...
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