Former President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to put his name back on the 2024 Republican primary ballot in Colorado.
Although an appeal has been filed, the case has not yet been formally recorded by the court. The next step will be for the high court to decide whether to expedite the review and whether to hear the case on its merits.
The justices could vote in private in the coming days on whether to expedite their consideration.
Earlier this month, the Colorado Supreme Court, in a 4-3 vote, overturned a lower court ruling that allowed Trump to appear on the ballot as the presidential candidate. State high court judges wrote in their opinion that President Trump used violence to prevent a peaceful transfer of power when a large number of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. “I incited and encouraged,” he said.
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Former President Trump is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to restore his name to the Colorado Republican primary ballot. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
In a filing Wednesday, Trump's lawyers asked the high court to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling and “return to voters the right to vote for the candidate of their choice.”
The case is being appealed based on several arguments, including whether the president is among the officials eligible for disqualification under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, the so-called insurrection clause. and whether Article III is “self-enforcing,” meaning that it allows states to remove candidates from the ballot in the absence of congressional action.
Mr. Trump's lawyers said states lacked the authority to enforce Title III and that it would cause confusion for voters.
On Tuesday, President Trump appealed a decision to exclude him from Maine's Republican primary because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The appeal goes to the Maine Supreme Court.
Several states are challenging Trump's eligibility to run for a second term over his efforts to overturn President Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.
The U.S. Supreme Court has not announced whether it will take up Trump's case.
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Dave Williams, a former Colorado congressman and state Republican Party chairman, called the effort to exclude Trump from the vote a “constitutional crisis.”
“The need for the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene is paramount to protect everyone's right to vote for the candidate they think is best,” Williams told FOX News Digital. “The longer we wait for the Supreme Court to take up this case, the more likely it is that other states like Maine will follow Colorado's lead, and that is something we should not tolerate.”
