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MEGATHREAD Trump Disqualified from 2024 Election per Colorado Supreme Court - Lemmy.World
lemmy.worldThe Colorado Supreme Court is removing former President Donald Trump from the
primary ballot, saying he is ineligible to be president. In a stunning and
unprecedented decision, the Colorado Supreme Court removed former President
Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, ruling that he isn’t an eligible
presidential candidate because of the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.”
“Even when the siege on the Capitol was fully underway, he continued to support
it by repeatedly demanding that Vice President (Mike) Pence refuse to perform
his constitutional duty and by calling Senators to persuade them to stop the
counting of electoral votes. “President Trump’s direct and express efforts, over
several months, exhorting his supporters to march to the Capitol to prevent what
he falsely characterized as an alleged fraud on the people of this country were
indisputably overt and voluntary.” Ratified after the Civil War, the 14th
Amendment says officials who take an oath to support the Constitution are banned
from future office if they “engaged in insurrection.” But the wording is vague,
it doesn’t explicitly mention the presidency, and has only been applied twice
since 1919. We have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly
rule in our favor and finally put an end to these unAmerican lawsuits,” Trump
campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement. Chief Justice Brian
Boatright, one of the three dissenters on the seven-member court, wrote that he
believes Colorado election law “was not enacted to decide whether a candidate
engaged in insurrection,” and said he would have dismissed the challenge to
Trump’s eligibility. LINKS AP: Colorado Supreme Court bans Trump from the
state’s ballot under Constitution’s insurrection clause
[https://apnews.com/article/trump-insurrection-14th-amendment-2024-colorado-d16dd8f354eeaf450558378c65fd79a2]
| @negativenull@startrek.website
[https://lemmy.world/u/negativenull@startrek.website] Washington Post: Donald
Trump is barred from Colorado’s 2024 primary ballot, the state Supreme Court
rules
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/19/trump-off-colorado-ballot/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzAyOTYyMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA0MzQ0Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDI5NjIwMDAsImp0aSI6Ijg5NGQ1MjU5LTg5ZDktNDE2YS1iOTY3LTg4YmJkNzQxMzIxMyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDIzLzEyLzE5L3RydW1wLW9mZi1jb2xvcmFkby1iYWxsb3QvIn0.7weNaBIAKhn-KjPhaZVowP5bVKZKD5hzK3hQDmLbjwQ]
| @silence7@slrpnk.net [https://lemmy.world/u/silence7@slrpnk.net] CNBC:
Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies Trump from 2024 ballot, pauses ruling to
allow appeal
[https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/19/trump-ballot-challenge-decided-by-colorado-supreme-court.html]
| @return2ozma [https://lemmy.world/u/return2ozma] NBC News: Colorado Supreme
Court kicks Donald Trump off the state’s 2024 ballot for violating the U.S.
Constitution.
[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/colorado-supreme-court-kicks-trump-states-2024-ballot-violating-us-con-rcna130484]
| 18-24-61-B-17-17-4 [https://lemmy.world/u/18_24_61_b_17_17_4] CNN: Colorado
Supreme Court removes Trump from 2024 ballot
[https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/colorado-trump-14th-amendment-12-19-23/index.html]
| A Phlaming Phoenix [https://lemmy.world/u/aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee]
CNN:Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from 2024 ballot based on 14th
Amendment’s ‘insurrectionist ban’
[https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/politics/trump-colorado-supreme-court-14th-amendment/index.html]
| @Boddhisatva [https://lemmy.world/u/Boddhisatva] New York Times: Trump Is
Disqualified From the 2024 Ballot, Colorado Supreme Court Rules
[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/us/politics/trump-colorado-ballot-14th-amendment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HE0.c83F._a072oSkJ7s2&smid=url-share]
| @silence7@slrpnk.net [https://lemmy.world/u/silence7@slrpnk.net]
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