NO INSURRECTIONISTS ALLOWED! Colorado Supreme Court Bans Trump from GOP Primary
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A state supreme court has gone there:
In a stunning and unprecedented decision, the Colorado Supreme Court removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, ruling that he isn’t an eligible presidential candidate because of the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.”
The ruling was 4-3.
Mitigating factor:
The ruling will be placed on hold pending appeal until January 4.
The Paper of Record weighs in:
It’s the first court to find that the disqualification clause of the 14th Amendment applies to Mr. Trump, in addition to affirming that he engaged in insurrection.
That’s right, kids! Trump is disqualified!
“A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” the Colorado Supreme Court said in their ruling on Tuesday.
At oral arguments earlier this month, justices wrestled with the question of Trump’s eligibility and sharply debated and questioned whether Section III of the Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment might preclude Trump from appearing on the presidential ballot.
A lower court judge had already found that Trump “engaged” in insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, the very criteria that would technically disqualify a person who had sworn an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution from ever again serving in public office. However, the lower court did not ban Trump from the ballot.
Instead, that judge’s November ruling left open the question of whether Trump was, under the language of the Constitution, an “officer” of the United States when he served as commander-in-chief. The lower court found the clause did not apply to Trump because it did not explicitly name the presidency.
It is the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate.
DEVELOPING BIGLY!