The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off state ballots.
20.12.2023 - 02:37 / deadline.com
Former President Donald Trump is disqualified from holding the office of president and should not be on Colorado‘s primary ballot, that state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The court stayed its ruling until January 4, subject to an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, but its decision foreshadows an election year of twists and turns and fought extensively in the courts. Trump’s campaign said that they would appeal.
The state justices, in a 4-3 decision, concluded that Trump is disqualified under section three of the 14th Amendment. The section prohibits from office those who, after taking an oath to support the Constitution, have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion.” A group of plaintiffs, all state electors eligible to vote in the Republican primary, had challenged Trump’s eligibility, citing his conduct on January 6, 2021.
“We do not reach these conclusions lightly. We are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us. We are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law, without fear or favor, and without being swayed by public reaction to the decisions that the law mandates we reach,” they wrote.
Read the Colorado Supreme Court opinion.
The court majority concluded that the attack on the Capitol on January 6 was an insurrection, noting that it “constituted a concerted and public use of force or threat of force by a group of people to hinder or prevent the U.S. government from taking the actions necessary to accomplish the peaceful transfer of power in this country.” They also concluded that Trump engaged in that insurrection, pointing to his conduct before and after the November 2020 election, as well as his speech on January 6, when he “literally exhorted his supporters to fight at the
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off state ballots.
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