Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies Donald Trump from 2024 election ballot citing 14th Amendment’s ‘insurrectionist ban’
THE Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to serve as president for having engaged in insurrection against the United States.
The court ruled that as a result, he cannot cannot appear on the state’s ballot for the 2024 Republican Primary.
But it will remain on hold until January 4 pending an appeal.
The ruling came as Trump continues to fight four criminal indictments filed against him in 2023.
States have been litigating Trump’s legitimacy since he’s been associated with the 2021 Capital riots.
Voters have referenced a 14th Amendment clause in the US Constitution that states no person who has “engaged in insurrection of rebellion” can hold a position in federal office.
Courts in Minnesota and Michigan have already thrown out similar suits, making Colorado’s decision even more significant.
“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 high court said in a statement.
“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 ruling said.
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