Court argues Trump is barred from serving office because he engaged in an “insurrection” at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The Colorado Supreme COurt has ruled that former President Donald Trump is disqualified from holding office once again, citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
As part of its ruling, Trump will be removed from the state’s 2024 ballot.
“A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of the President under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” the court wrote.
Breaking: The Colorado Supreme Court rules Trump is disqualified from holding office, citing section three of the 14th Amendment, removing him from the state’s 2024 ballot. https://t.co/w80OLcIq65
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) December 19, 2023
“Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Colorado Secretary of State to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot. The court stays its ruling until January 4, 2024, subject to any further appellate proceedings.”
Trump’s legal team is expected to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The ruling comes following a lawsuit filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) in September claiming Trump should be disqualified from the ballot under the 14th amendment for his actions allegedly taken during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
CREW is headed by Noah Bookbinder, who was appointed to the DHS’s Advisory Council in March of 2022 by Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace last month agreed with the claim that Trump “engaged in insurrection” but ruled that he still can appear on the Centennial State’s 2024 Republican presidential primary.
George Washington law professor Jonathan Turley lamented that the ruling “ends a string of losses for advocates of this dangerous novel theory” pertaining to the 14th Amendment.
“They finally found a court that would embrace what the court admits is a case of ‘first impression.’ My first impression remains that same. The court is dead wrong in my view,” he wrote on X.
…This ends a string of losses for advocates of this dangerous novel theory. They finally found a court that would embrace what the court admits is a case of “first impression.” My first impression remains that same. The court is dead wrong in my view…https://t.co/lGhv9je2a7
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) December 19, 2023
This is blatant election interference and a disenfranchisement of Colorado voters who should make their own determination of who should be the next President of the United States.
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