Former President Trump has now filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a recent Colorado ruling that declared him an insurrectionist ineligible to participate in the 2024 presidential vote.
The petition, filed Wednesday, argued that the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling prevented “voters from voting for the leading presidential candidates of major political parties” and unfairly excluded Trump from the 2024 primary ballot. .
“The question of fitness to be President of the United States is for Congress, not state courts, to consider and decide.” said.
The petition further alleges that the Colorado Supreme Court improperly classified the former president as an “officer of the United States,” misapplied Section 3 of the 14th Amendment in its ruling, and stated that “President Trump is outside the scope of the 3rd Amendment. '', he claimed.
Another issue is that Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment applies only to “any person who has previously taken the oath as a member of Congress, an officer of the United States, or a member of a state legislature.” An executive or judicial officer of any state who upholds the Constitution of the United States. ” According to the text and structure of the U.S. Constitution, President Trump was never an “officer of the United States.”
Even based on that very standard, the Colorado Supreme Court claimed that the former president committed an “insurrection” on January 6, 2021, which the petition says is without merit.
“The Colorado Supreme Court erred in the way it described President Trump’s role in the events of January 6, 2021,” the petition adds. “It was not an 'insurrection' and President Trump was in no way 'involved' in it.”
“'Insurrection,' as understood at the time of the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment, meant taking up arms and waging war against the United States,” the report said. “In contrast, the United States has a long history of political protests that turn violent.”
“Furthermore, there is no indication that President Trump was 'involved' in any 'insurrection'.” “His only clear instructions are to protest “peacefully and patriotically'' and to “support Capitol Police and law enforcement.''[s]“Be at peace” and “continue to be at peace”.
If the Colorado ruling is upheld, the petition states that “millions of Colorado voters have been unconstitutionally disenfranchised and tens of millions of voters across the country have been disenfranchised.” “It's likely to be used as a template,” he said, insisting that only Congress, not state courts, make decisions. It may be permitted to disqualify a candidate.
The case is Trump vs. Andersonwhich has not yet been assigned a docket number by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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