Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows lost another attempt to force review of her disqualification “decision” before the United States Supreme Court hears arguments on the issue on Feb. 8th. The Maine Supreme Court declined to review the matter. With other states like Massachusetts ruling this week against disqualification, Colorado will remain the outlier as the only state supreme court willing to embrace this dangerous and anti-democratic theory. …

Bellows appealed but the justices noted that Murphy had only deferred judgment. He had not ruled. Thus, “because the appeal is not from a final judgment, we dismiss the appeal as interlocutory and not justiciable.”

[Is Bellows running for some other office? She certainly seems to be promoting herself in this nonsense declaration and then another hopeless attempt to force the court to act. Or maybe she’s auditioning for a paid gig at the Democrats Socialists of America. If that’s the case, we have bad news for Bellows … — Ed]