The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump is ineligible for the presidency because of his actions during the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and ordered the withdrawal of ballots cast in his name from the Republican presidential primary 2024 in this state.
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By a majority of four out of seven justices, the Supreme Court upheld the court's decision in November, concluding that he had “engaged in insurrection on January 6, 2021” during the attack on the Capitol, but on the other hand held it to be 14th Amendment The constitutional decision used to assert his ineligibility actually applied to a president.
On January 6, 2021, hundreds of red-hot Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, the shrine of American democracy, to prevent the certification of Joe Biden's victory.
However, the Colorado Supreme Court stayed its decision until January 4, the deadline for certifying Colorado's primary votes, in case an appeal is filed with the United States Supreme Court by then.
“If appealed to the Supreme Court before the expiration of this stay, it will remain in effect and the election official must continue to place President Trump's name on the 2024 primary ballot until she receives an injunction or mandate from the Supreme Court,” it says Decision.
A spokesman for Donald Trump denounced an “undemocratic” decision and immediately announced that the former Republican president would appeal to the Supreme Court.
“The Colorado Supreme Court made a completely flawed decision tonight and we will quickly turn to the United States Supreme Court to request a stay of this deeply undemocratic decision,” Steven Cheung said in a statement.
“Mr. Trump acted with the specific intent of inciting political violence and directing it against the Capitol in order to prevent the certification of the election of his Democratic opponent Joe Biden, said trial judge Sarah Wallace in her Nov. 17 ruling.
On the other hand, it held that the 14th Amendment, invoked by the plaintiffs, the anti-corruption citizens group Crew, did not apply to the president, but acknowledged that there were doubts on that point.
This amendment, passed in 1868 and then aimed at supporters of the Southern Confederacy defeated in the Civil War (1861-1865), excludes from all public responsibility anyone who took an oath to defend the Constitution and participated in acts of “rebellion.”
“We won!” Crew responded on X (formerly Twitter), hailing “a great moment for democracy.”
The historic indictment of the ex-president on August 1 at the federal level and then on August 14 by the state of Georgia (Southeast) for his allegedly unlawful attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election opened a legal debate about his Possibility of ineligibility, which led to appeals in several states.