The Republican Occasion of Colorado requested the US Supreme Court docket to overturn the state’s excessive courtroom’s choice to bar Trump from the 2024 poll.
The Colorado Supreme Court docket final Tuesday disqualified Trump from the 2024 poll.
All 7 Colorado Supreme Court docket justices had been appointed by Democrats – 3 of the justices dissented to final week’s ruling.
The authorized theories are based mostly on Part 3 of the US Structure’s 14th Modification which states public officers who’ve “engaged in revolt or rebel in opposition to” the US could also be disqualified from public workplace.
Trump has not been charged with partaking in revolt or rebel in opposition to the USA.
The state’s excessive courtroom stayed their ruling and left room for an attraction. The ruling will go into impact on January 4, 2024.
Trump may also attraction the ruling to the US Supreme Court docket, in line with a press release launched by the Trump marketing campaign.
The Colorado Republican Occasion is being represented by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) – which is led by former Trump legal professional Jay Sekulow.
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Politico reported:
The Colorado Republican Occasion requested the Supreme Court docket to reinstate Donald Trump on the first poll — formally dragging the nation’s prime courtroom into the combat over whether or not the previous president could be legally barred from workplace.
The state Republican committee requested the courtroom late Wednesday to overturn the ruling issued by the Colorado Supreme Court docket earlier this month, when it struck Trump from the state’s presidential major poll. The courtroom dominated that Trump engaged in an revolt on Jan. 6, 2021, disqualifying him from the presidency underneath an interpretation of the 14th Modification — however paused its ruling till the Supreme Court docket might weigh in.
The state GOP’s petition argues three factors: The workplace of the presidency will not be lined by the 14th Modification, the revolt clause will not be “self-executing” — that means Congress alone should implement it, and states can not make that dedication on their very own — and that by kicking Trump off the first poll, the state Republican Occasion’s First Modification rights of affiliation have been violated.