The Colorado Supreme Court, a seven-judge panel appointed by Democrats, decided in December to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s ballot at the request of Democratic advocacy groups. Here’s why:
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment Regarding the insurrection, perhaps the qualifications include the presidency and President Trump’s actions.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the Republican front-runner’s appeal on Thursday morning.
The high court’s ruling is likely to impact efforts in other blue states to take away choice from voters in the 2024 election. It would also likely further politicize the court ahead of another contentious election.
Trump’s defense so far
Trump’s lawyers have so far
claimed that:
- “Section 3 of the 14th Amendment only prohibits individuals from holding public office.”[.] … Congress can lift Article III disqualifications at any time, so they do not prevent someone from running for or being elected to public office. ”
- The Colorado Supreme Court violated the Electors Clause by “ignoring the statutes governing presidential elections.”
- Trump did not engage in insurrection, especially “insurrection” as it was understood at the time of passage of the 14th Amendment. [which] That meant taking up arms and going to war against the United States.” Rather, he was engaging in political rhetoric on a daily basis. employed By Democrats on the Hill.
- Section 3 is Doesn’t apply to the president. “To ensure that Article III included the office of president, the framers chose to explicitly refer to presidential electors while also using an umbrella term that included lower-ranking military personnel. We must conclude that the government has decided to bury the most prominent and important national office in the country.”
- Congress, not partisan state courts, is the appropriate institution to “resolve questions regarding the qualifications of presidential candidates.”
Who is trying to eliminate voter choice in Colorado?
Blaze News previously reported that Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a lawsuit against Trump on behalf of six Colorado voters.
The six voters named in the lawsuit include Norma Anderson, Michelle Priola, Claudine (Kumarada) Schneider, and Krista Kafer.
Priora is my wife
Democratic State Sen. Kevin Priola.
Mr. Kafer is
A Denver Post opinion writer who is no Trumper..
Mr. Schneider is a registered Republican and a former member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
reportedly He supported Barack Obama in 2008, Hillary Clinton in 2016, and Joe Biden in 2020.
The crew is
partisan activist group It advertises itself as a government monitoring agency. attack dog Ahead of the 2016 election, Media Matters founder David Block called for Democrats.
The move to remove the top Republican candidate from the Colorado race was carried out under CREW’s current president, Noah Bookbinder. Mr. Bookbinder was most recently a member of the Biden Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Federal Election Commission records show he has repeatedly invested in Democratic causes, including former President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign.
through the court
In September 2023, six CREW-supported voters
complaint Demands that President Trump be removed from the primary ballot. Their complaint alleges that Colorado Democratic Secretary of State Jenna Griswold was “improper” and “a breach or dereliction of duty” in allowing Biden’s chief rival to participate in the 2024 ballot. suggests that.
The complaint was filed in district court.
Colorado District Court Judge Sarah Wallace ruled against Mr. Trump’s effort to ban voting, noting that Title III does not apply to the president. But Mr. Wallace agreed with the petitioner’s contention that Mr. Trump had incited an insurrection.
Dissatisfied with this outcome, the appellants appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court, which ultimately prevailed.
control The 4-3 vote ruled that Trump, who committed the insurrection on January 6, was not eligible to be president and therefore could not appear on the ballot.
The court deferred its decision pending consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chan said the Democratic appointees “made a completely flawed decision.”
“We have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and ultimately put an end to these un-American lawsuits,” Chan added. .
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, ostensibly to issue a decision before the March primaries in Colorado and Maine.
recent democratic party
poll This shows that Biden’s popularity is declining in Colorado ahead of the election. 58% of registered voters have a negative opinion of the president among older people.
Axios
I got it. Even in solidly blue states, Mr. Biden’s lead over Mr. Trump in the general election is down to single digits. Trump continues to lead Biden in national polls.Latest Morning Consult poll They beat Republicans by 5 points.
Possible impact
Associated Press
shown A final Supreme Court ruling finding that President Trump was involved in the riot could start a chain reaction in which other states pull leading Republican candidates from voting.
Similar efforts to protect the 81-year-old Democratic president from fierce competition in future elections are already underway in Maine, California and Michigan.
Maeva Marcus, director of the Constitution Institute at George Washington University, said:
Said The BBC said the “rationale” behind the Colorado ruling “applies to the general election as well.”
While such an outcome would favor the incumbent president, longtime Democrat David Axelrod has expressed concerns.
Blaze News reported last month that the Obama campaign official said, “I think it would tear the country apart if he was actually blocked from running because tens of millions of people wanted to vote for him.”
Axelrod added, “You know, he only benefited from the time the indictment started. What he thought might be Kryptonite turned out to be a battery pack. This is a big deal for him. ” he added.
The decision not only disenfranchises voters, but could also affect the courts.
Stephen Presser, professor emeritus of law by Raul Berger, wrote in January that “When the Supreme Court inevitably corrects its wrong decisions in Colorado and Maine, President Trump’s critics rightly call it arbitrary.” “They will attack it as unfair and undemocratic. I can’t help but assume that the Supreme Court will correct the wrong decisions in Colorado and Maine.” The Maine decision may be intended to undermine the Supreme Court’s own authority. ”
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