Those challenging Greene are Georgia voters who filed the case with the Georgia Secretary of State last month. Greene filed an appeal this week, which was rejected by District Judge Amy Totenberg of the Northern District of Georgia. If convicted, Greene could be barred from holding any future government office positions based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which reads:
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
This case is a landmark case in the wake of the attack on the Capitol as Greene is the first of many Republican lawmakers with charges filed against them.
Gizmodo will provide updates on this story as the trial continues.