On Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled to disqualify Trump from the 2024 ballot.
JUST IN – Trump is disqualified from the 2024 ballot, Colorado Supreme Court rules: “Clause of the 14th Amendment applies” — NYT
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) December 19, 2023
All seven justices of the Colorado Supreme Court were appointed by Democrats, Four of whom voted in favor of disqualifying Trump and three dissented.
The four justices who voted in favor of banning Trump from the 2024 ballot were:
All 7 Colorado Supreme Court Justices were appointed by Democrats. 3 of them dissented with the ruling to bar Trump.
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 20, 2023
Here are the 4 that voted for. pic.twitter.com/oDl6c8acX9
This is blatant election interference:
BREAKING:
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) December 19, 2023
The Colorado Supreme Court has just disqualified President Trump from being on the GOP Primary Ballot.
This is ELECTION INTERFERENCE! pic.twitter.com/iXjDuRdoEG
This marks the first successful 14th Amendment challenge to the 2024 Trump Presidential campaign.
Colorado voters, like all voters, have the right to elect anyone they deem fit for public office.
Under no circumstances can choices be imposed upon them.
Earlier this month, the legal challenge aiming to prevent Trump from appearing on Colorado’s 2024 presidential ballot, citing the 14th Amendment, progressed to the state’s supreme court.
The legal arguments hinge on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, which pertains to disqualifying public officials involved in “insurrection or rebellion against” the US.
It’s important to note that Trump hasn’t faced charges related to insurrection or rebellion against the United States.
The state’s highest court provided space for an appeal, with the ruling scheduled to take effect on January 4, 2024.
In response, the Trump campaign announced intentions to appeal the decision to the US Supreme Court.
NBC News reported:
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that former President Donald Trump cannot appear on the state’s ballots for the 2024 election due to his incitement of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, reversing a lower court ruling.
But the state Supreme Court stayed its ruling from taking effect until Jan. 4, “subject to further appellate proceedings.”
The ruling is the first time a state court has agreed that Trump, who is the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, should be barred from ballots in a state because of a U.S. constitutional provision barring people who have engaged in “insurrection” from federal office.
The good thing is that Colorado is already a blue state so this will likely not have much impact.
It does show just how terrified they are of President Trump returning to the White House.
Even CNN called this “stunning and unprecedented”:
In a stunning and unprecedented decision, the Colorado Supreme Court removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot on Tuesday.
The court ruled 4-3 that Trump isn’t an eligible presidential candidate because of the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.”
The ruling will be placed on hold pending appeal until January 4.
The court upheld a trial judge’s decision that Trump engaged in the January 6, 2021, insurrection — and then overturned her conclusion that the ban doesn’t apply to the presidency.
The state Supreme Court decision only applies to Colorado but is sure to roil the 2024 presidential campaign.
It tees up an appeal to the US Supreme Court, which could settle the matter for the entire nation.
Colorado election officials have said the matter needs to be settled by January 5, which is the statutory deadline to set the list of candidates for the GOP primary.
Trump denies wrongdoing regarding January 6 and has decried the 14th Amendment lawsuits as an abuse of the legal process. He is under federal and state indictment in connection with his attempts to overturn the 2020 election – and he has pleaded not guilty.
On the campaign trail, Trump has derided the lawsuits and argued that they are an attempt to use the courts to stop him from returning to the White House while he is the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
More on the 14th Amendment: Ratified after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment says officials who take an oath to support the Constitution are banned from future office if they “engaged in insurrection.” But the wording is vague, it doesn’t explicitly mention the presidency, and has only been applied twice since 1919.
