The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump has lost his eligibility to compete for reelection after encouraging the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. This decision was made on December 19, but it was put on hold to allow Trump time to file an appeal with the US Supreme Court. The lawsuit is based on the US Constitution’s post-Civil War clause prohibiting insurrectionists from holding public office. The Colorado lawsuit represents the first constitutional challenge against Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign related to his efforts to rig the 2020 election, including encouraging supporters to launch an attack on the US Capitol.
Trump has defended his remarks about migrants entering the country illegally poisoning America’s blood and downplaying any resemblance to fascist literature. The court determined that Trump is ineligible to compete for president in the state the following year and ordered his name to be removed from the Republican presidential primary ballot in the state. The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, which states that officials who swear allegiance to the US Constitution may not hold public office for a period of time if they “engaged in insurrection,” served as the foundation for Trump’s disqualification.
Currently, Trump is the front-runner in the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential selection contest and has pledged to file an appeal with the US Supreme Court against the Colorado Supreme Court’s “flawed” decision.
The decision was made on December 19 by the Colorado Supreme Court, but it was put on hold to give Trump time to file an appeal with the US Supreme Court.
Colorado’s highest court became the first to rule that Donald Trump had lost his eligibility to compete for reelection after encouraging the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, barring him from the presidential primary ballot.
The decision was made on December 19 by the Colorado Supreme Court, but it was put on hold to give Trump time to file an appeal with the US Supreme Court. Trump’s camp declared that he will file an appeal. As per the decision of the state court, he has until January 4.
The US Constitution’s post-Civil War clause prohibiting insurrectionists from holding public office is the main focus of the lawsuit. The Colorado lawsuit represents the first constitutional challenge against Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign that will be tried in relation to his efforts to rig the 2020 election, which included encouraging supporters to launch an attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
On Tuesday, former president Donald Trump stood by his remarks that migrants entering the country illegally poison America’s blood, reinforcing the point while downplaying any resemblance to fascist literature that some had pointed out.
At a Waterloo, Iowa, campaign rally, Trump declared, “I never read Mein Kampf,” alluding to the fascist manifesto written by Adolf Hitler.
According to Trump, undocumented immigrants in the US are “destroying the blood and fabric of our country.”
Trump addressed growing criticism of his remarks over the weekend, when he doubled down on anti-immigrant blood purity remarks in front of several thousand fans in New Hampshire, in a speech to over 1,000 supporters from a stage surrounded by Christmas trees wearing red MAGA hats.
“Over a period of several months, President Trump made clear and direct efforts to encourage his supporters to march to the Capitol to stop what he falsely described as an alleged fraud on the people of this country. These efforts were unquestionably overt and voluntary,” the decision stated.
“Furthermore, the evidence clearly demonstrated that President Trump took all of these steps to support and advance a common unlawful goal that he himself conceived and initiated: to stop the peaceful transfer of power and prevent Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election,” the court stated.
Due to his involvement in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, the Colorado Supreme Court determined that Donald Trump is ineligible to compete for president in the state the following year. Additionally, the court ordered that his name be removed off the Republican presidential primary ballot in the state.
The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, which states that officials who swear allegiance to the US Constitution may not hold public office for a period of time if they “engaged in insurrection,” served as the foundation for the 77-year-old former president’s disqualification on Tuesday.
Right now, Trump is the front-runner in the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential selection contest. The Trump team has pledged to file an appeal with the US Supreme Court against the Colorado Supreme Court’s “flawed” decision.
The Colorado Supreme Court reversed the trial judge’s finding that the ban does not extend to the presidency and upheld the trial judge’s finding that Trump participated in the January 6, 2021, uprising.
It stated that no court had ever decided that a presidential candidate is ineligible under the constitutional clause dating back to the Civil War.
The state supreme court postponed its decision until January 4, one day before the state secretary’s deadline for approving the candidates for Colorado’s primary election on March 5.
The seven-member Colorado Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision is not enforceable outside of the state.
“President Trump’s direct and express efforts, over several months, exhorting his supporters to march to the Capitol to prevent what he falsely characterised as an alleged fraud on the people of this country were indisputably overt and voluntary,” the Supreme Court justices ruled.
