A federal appellate court ruled Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), incited by a challenge to her candidacy eligibility, as the dispute was no longer active given her spot on the ballot in the midterm election.
“Accordingly, we no longer have the ability to accord Rep. Greene meaningful relief. We therefore hold that this case is moot,” the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals said in the papers.
The group, Free Speech For People, contested Greene’s constitutional right to run for Congress, citing the rarely invoked Disqualification Clause in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Such a provision can be enacted in the wake of the Civil War to keep former Confederates out of Congress.
The Epoch Times reached out to Greene for comment.
“After oral argument and careful consideration, and because of intervening circumstances, we remand this case to the district court with instructions to dismiss the case as moot,” the Thursday court filing reads.
Greene remains very likely to win over her Democrat challenger Marcus Flowers. Poll aggregator and analytics website FiveThirtyEight offers her a 99 percent chance of victory.
The state has had record turnout since the first day of the early voting period this year, surging to nearly twice the number on the first day in 2018, according to the Secretary of State’s office. The turnout by Oct. 19 surpassed the 2020 presidential election early vote totals.