Then-Otero County, New Mexico Commissioner Couy Griffin speaks to reporters at federal court in Washington, June. 17, 2022. The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a former New Mexico county commissioner banished from public office for participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. The court’s order Monday means the former Otero County commissioner remains disqualified from public office under a constitutional provision designed to prevent ex-Confederates from serving in government after the Civil War. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)
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