The Republican Occasion of Colorado requested the US Supreme Court docket to overturn the state’s excessive court docket’s determination to bar Trump from the 2024 poll.
The Colorado Supreme Court docket final Tuesday disqualified Trump from the 2024 poll.
All 7 Colorado Supreme Court docket justices have been appointed by Democrats – 3 of the justices dissented to final week’s ruling.
The authorized theories are primarily based on Part 3 of the US Structure’s 14th Modification which states public officers who’ve “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against” the US could also be disqualified from public workplace.
Trump has not been charged with partaking in revolt or riot in opposition to the USA.
The state’s excessive court docket stayed their ruling and left room for an attraction. The ruling will go into impact on January 4, 2024.
Trump can even attraction the ruling to the US Supreme Court docket, based on an announcement launched by the Trump marketing campaign.
The Colorado Republican Occasion is being represented by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) – which is led by former Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow.
Our crew has been working diligently by means of the vacations to gear up for our largest Supreme Court docket election case EVER.
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— Jay Sekulow (@JaySekulow) December 27, 2023
Politico reported:
The Colorado Republican Occasion requested the Supreme Court docket to reinstate Donald Trump on the first poll — formally dragging the nation’s high court docket into the battle over whether or not the previous president could be legally barred from workplace.
The state Republican committee requested the court docket late Wednesday to overturn the ruling issued by the Colorado Supreme Court docket earlier this month, when it struck Trump from the state’s presidential main poll. The court docket dominated that Trump engaged in an revolt on Jan. 6, 2021, disqualifying him from the presidency beneath an interpretation of the 14th Modification — however paused its ruling till the Supreme Court docket might weigh in.
The state GOP’s petition argues three factors: The workplace of the presidency just isn’t coated by the 14th Modification, the revolt clause just isn’t “self-executing” — that means Congress alone should implement it, and states can not make that willpower on their very own — and that by kicking Trump off the first poll, the state Republican Occasion’s First Modification rights of affiliation have been violated.
