Lawsuit seeks to keep GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for reelection

Lawsuit¹ seeks to keep GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for reelection

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　　Some Georgia voters filed a legal challenge arguing that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is constitutionally disqualified from holding office because of her involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

　　RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

　　A new legal challenge in Georgia says the U.S. Constitution prohibits Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for office. WABE's Sam Gringlas reports from Atlanta.

　　SAM GRINGLAS, BYLINE³: Marjorie Taylor Greene has deployed⁴ violent rhetoric⁵ against her political opponents and is a prominent spreader of false claims about the 2020 election.

　　RON FEIN: Marjorie Taylor Greene fomented⁶ an insurrection on January 6. She's a danger in office to the entire republic.

　　GRINGLAS: Ron Fein is the legal director at Free Speech for People. They're the nonprofit that's filed this complaint with the Georgia secretary of state. We should note that Greene says she's never encouraged political violence and this challenge is politically motivated. But Fein's legal argument is this. After the Civil War, Congress passed the 14th Amendment⁷. It includes a section targeting former Confederates.

　　FEIN: And so they added to the U.S. Constitution a provision that says that no one who took an oath to support the Constitution but then broke that oath by engaging in insurrection or rebellion can ever hold federal or state public office again.

　　GRINGLAS: The thing is, there is no modern precedent⁸ testing this provision. Until January 2021, there hadn't really been any other insurrection, says Georgia attorney Page Pate⁹.

　　PAGE PATE: And so not only is there no definition of what an insurrectionist is in the Constitution or any case law interpreting this section, but we don't even know who's supposed to make that determination. Who decides whether or not this person is an insurrectionist?

　　GRINGLAS: In Georgia, it's an administrative¹⁰ judge who's supposed to hold a hearing before kicking the case back to the secretary of state for a decision. But a similar challenge in North Carolina has stalled. GOP Congressman¹¹ Madison Cawthorn got a federal judge to toss out a complaint from the same group. An appeal is pending¹². A court in Georgia could make a totally different decision. But Pate says removing Greene from the ballot¹³ might not be the only end game.

　　PATE: They want to have her questioned under oath, No. 1, to find out what involvement, if any, she had in this insurrection. And, No. 2, if she makes any false statement, she could be charged with perjury¹⁴ or perhaps some other crime.

　　GRINGLAS: If Greene does stay on the ballot, she's a heavy favorite for reelection.

　　For NPR News, I'm Sam Gringlas in Atlanta.

1 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

5 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

6 fomented   

v.激起，煽动（麻烦等）( foment的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His words finally fomented her hostility. 他的言词终于引发了她的敌意。 来自辞典例句
• His legs should be fomented. 应当对他的双腿进行热敷。 来自互联网

7 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

8 precedent   

n.先例，前例；惯例；adj.在前的，在先的

参考例句：

• Is there a precedent for what you want me to do?你要我做的事有前例可援吗？
• This is a wonderful achievement without precedent in Chinese history.这是中国历史上亘古未有的奇绩。

9 pate   

n.头顶；光顶

参考例句：

• The few strands of white hair at the back of his gourd-like pate also quivered.他那长在半个葫芦样的头上的白发，也随着笑声一齐抖动着。
• He removed his hat to reveal a glowing bald pate.他脱下帽子，露出了发亮的光头。

10 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

11 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

12 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

13 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

14 perjury   

n.伪证；伪证罪

参考例句：

• You'll be punished if you procure the witness to commit perjury.如果你诱使证人作伪证，你要受罚的。
• She appeared in court on a perjury charge.她因被指控做了伪证而出庭受审。