The Colorado Supreme Court will decide whether former President Donald Trump is eligible to run for president again after the court found that he violated the Constitution's so-called “insurrection clause.” .
In a brief order Friday evening, the high court said it would hear arguments on Feb. 8 on the 77-year-old's challenge to the Centennial state ruling that temporarily removed him from the state's March 5 Republican primary ballot. Announced.
The Colorado ruling, handed down on Dec. 19, bans violators of President Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election results that led to the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. This was cited as evidence of violation of Article 14, Paragraph 3. They took the oath of office and “rebelled” from governing again.
In an appeal filed Wednesday, Trump's lawyers argued:[i]In our system of “government of the people and by the people,” [and] For the sake of the people, Colorado's decision is not and cannot be right. ”
“The question of suitability as President of the United States is properly reserved for consideration and determination by Congress, rather than state courts,” the filing added.
“By considering the question of President Trump’s eligibility and excluding him from the vote, the Colorado Supreme Court has overridden the authority of Congress.”
The former president's lawyers argued to reverse Colorado's decision on three grounds. First, the office of president was not among the positions covered by Article III. Second, the Colorado Supreme Court incorrectly found that the 45th president was “involved” in the violence that day. Third, the court's intervention in this matter itself violated the Constitution.
Colorado's Supreme Court has put its own ruling on hold pending Trump's appeal, Secretary of State Jenna Griswold said on Dec. 28, unless the U.S. Supreme Court upholds the state court's ruling, Trump will be sentenced in 2024. He confirmed that he will remain on the primary ballot in 2020.
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