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Posted On: 11/25/2023 6:42:42 AM
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The Colorado Supreme Court agreed to consider appeals in a case over whether former President Donald Trump should be barred from the state’s 2024 primary ballot. The Denver-based court Tuesday scheduled oral argument for Dec. 6.
The case stems from a lawsuit filed by six Colorado voters who argue that Trump is disqualified from office under a Civil War-era insurrection clause in the 14th Amendment due to his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Both parties appealed a Denver District Court decision from earlier this month that said Trump should be placed on Colorado’s March presidential primary ballot.
Although Judge Sarah B. Wallace ruled that Trump “engaged in insurrection” within the meaning of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment — which prohibits a person who did so after taking an oath to support the Constitution from holding office again — she held that the clause does not apply to the presidency.
Each side will have one hour to present its oral argument starting at 1 p.m. Dec. 6 in the Supreme Court courtroom.
Trump’s team appealed with the hope that a higher court will reverse Wallace’s finding, among other points of her decision it disagrees with, that the Republican presidential frontrunner engaged in insurrection, despite her ordering that his name appear on the ballot.
Later, Trump tweeted that “Republicans will long remember” Ducey’s decision to certify the results and retweeted a post that the governor “betrayed the people of Arizona,” adding the commentary “TRUE!”
In Michigan, 16 people already face charges for falsely stating they were the state’s “duly elected and qualified electors.” A spokesperson for the state’s attorney general’s office told The Hill that its investigation is ongoing and the office “may assess additional charges as needed based on the evidence at hand.”
New Mexico’s attorney general’s office also told The Hill its investigation into the states’ alternate slate of pro-Trump electors is ongoing.
The case stems from a lawsuit filed by six Colorado voters who argue that Trump is disqualified from office under a Civil War-era insurrection clause in the 14th Amendment due to his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Both parties appealed a Denver District Court decision from earlier this month that said Trump should be placed on Colorado’s March presidential primary ballot.
Although Judge Sarah B. Wallace ruled that Trump “engaged in insurrection” within the meaning of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment — which prohibits a person who did so after taking an oath to support the Constitution from holding office again — she held that the clause does not apply to the presidency.
Each side will have one hour to present its oral argument starting at 1 p.m. Dec. 6 in the Supreme Court courtroom.
Trump’s team appealed with the hope that a higher court will reverse Wallace’s finding, among other points of her decision it disagrees with, that the Republican presidential frontrunner engaged in insurrection, despite her ordering that his name appear on the ballot.
Later, Trump tweeted that “Republicans will long remember” Ducey’s decision to certify the results and retweeted a post that the governor “betrayed the people of Arizona,” adding the commentary “TRUE!”
In Michigan, 16 people already face charges for falsely stating they were the state’s “duly elected and qualified electors.” A spokesperson for the state’s attorney general’s office told The Hill that its investigation is ongoing and the office “may assess additional charges as needed based on the evidence at hand.”
New Mexico’s attorney general’s office also told The Hill its investigation into the states’ alternate slate of pro-Trump electors is ongoing.
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