Donald Trump was eliminated from the state’s presidential primary ballot and declared ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause by the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday. This decision sets up a likely showdown in the country’s highest court.
Donald was ruled to be unfit to serve in office by the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday, in an unprecedented move that will keep him off the 2024 presidential ballot.
The Donald John campaign declared that it would file an appeal with the US Supreme Court over the ruling.
As per Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, the majority of the court rules that Trump is ineligible to hold the presidency, the court stated in its 4-3 ruling.
In light of the claims that Trump participated in an insurrection on January 6, 2021, the unsigned decision from the state supreme court on December 19 was the first to directly address the substantive arguments regarding Trump’s eligibility, or that of any other presidential contender.
The group highlighted they found it quite straightforward to determine that there was abundant evidence to classify the violent mob assault on January 6 as an insurrection. They also pointed out a direct connection between Trump’s efforts to halt President Joe Biden’s victory certification and the insurrection itself.
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The court postponed its decision in order to allow for the possibility of an appeal to the US Supreme Court.
In order to give the U.S. Supreme Court time to rule on the matter, the court postponed its decision until January 4.
Colorado is not a requirement for Donald to win the 2020 presidential contest, as he was defeated by the state by 13 percentage points. But more courts and election officials may decide to follow Colorado’s example and bar Trump from entering states where he needs to win, which puts the former president in jeopardy. The court postponed its decision in order to allow for the possibility of an appeal to the US Supreme Court.
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The matter needs to be resolved, according to Colorado officials, by January 5, which is when the state is supposed to print its presidential primary ballots.
Under Section 3, which was created to prevent former Confederates from re-entering government after the Civil War, dozens of lawsuits have been filed across the country seeking to disqualify Trump. It was only rarely used in the ten years following the Civil War and prohibits from holding public office anyone who took an oath to “support” the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against it.
As a result of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision that former President Donald Trump cannot compete in the state due to his actions on January 6, presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy promised on Tuesday to withdraw from the Republican primary ballot.
It was Ramaswamy’s pledge not to run for office again until Trump’s eligibility was reinstated. He urged Trump’s rivals in the GOP primary of 2024 to follow suit.
Colorado has no bearing on the outcome of the 2024 presidential election from an electoral standpoint. In 2020, Trump was defeated by President Joe Biden in Colorado by a margin of 13 percentage points, and polls indicate that he is still very unpopular there.
We are completely confident that the U.S. Supreme Court will make a swift decision in our Favor, effectively ending these lawsuits that are un-American.
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump, an American statesman, media figure, and entrepreneur, assumed the responsibilities of the 45th president of the United States from 2017 until 2021.
He took over as president of the business in 1971 and started using the Trump Organization as a catch-all brand.
In 1978, Trump gained notoriety when he and his family embarked on their first project in Manhattan, restoring the abandoned Commodore Hotel next to Grand Central Terminal.