The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump isn’t an eligible presidential candidate because of the 14th Amendment’s ‘insurrection ban.’ And so, the high court has ordered Trump will not appear on the 2024 state ballot. https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1737251564304191659 From the New York Times:
In a lengthy ruling ordering the Colorado secretary of state to exclude Mr. Trump from the state’s Republican primary ballot, the justices reversed a Denver district judge’s finding last month that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment — which disqualifies people who have engaged in insurrection against the Constitution after having taken an oath to support it from holding office — did not apply to the presidency.
They affirmed the district judge’s other key conclusions: that Mr. Trump’s actions before and on Jan. 6, 2021, constituted engaging in insurrection, and that courts had the authority to enforce Section 3 against a person whom Congress had not specifically designated.
Mr. Trump is expected to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Tuesday’s ruling applies only to Colorado, but if the Supreme Court were to affirm it, he could be disqualified more broadly.
Many consider Colorado to be a pretty safe “blue” state as a Republican presidential candidate hasn’t won there in nearly 20 years. Biden won the state’s 9 electoral votes in 2020 by more than 13 points. https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1737250301910913449 https://twitter.com/robreiner/status/1737258665856336358 https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/1737249855020351770 https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1737252498400772381
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