From Le Figaro with AFP
Published yesterday at 11:16 p.m., updated yesterday at 11:22 p.m.
Donald Trump, on December 17th in Nevada. CARLOS BARRIA / Portal
The former US president asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a decision by Colorado's highest court that disqualified him from running for president over the attack on the Capitol.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to address the question of Donald Trump's ineligibility because of a decision made in Colorado that would bar the former president from appearing on the ballot in that state. The Supreme Court said it would hear the case on February 8.
The former US president asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a decision by Colorado's highest court that caused a stir by declaring him ineligible for the presidency because of his actions during the storming of the Capitol. A second state, Maine, also considered the heavy Republican favorite for next November's presidential election “unfit for the presidency” because of the attack on the Capitol in 2021 by supporters of Donald Trump, who was contesting the presidency Office of the President is the election of Democrat Joe Biden. Donald Trump has already appealed the decision in Maine.
On Wednesday, his lawyers asked the United States Supreme Court – three of the nine justices were appointed by the ex-president – to review the Colorado case and invalidate that state's West Supreme Court decision.
14th Amendment
According to them, the decision, if confirmed, “will mark the first time in the history of the United States that the judicial system has prevented voters from casting their ballot for the primary candidate of a major party in the presidential election.” “The Question of Eligibility for the office of President of the United States is rightly reserved to Congress and not to the state courts,” they added.
Both Maine and Colorado based their decisions on the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which exempts from public liability anyone who commits acts of “rebellion” or “insurrection” after taking an oath to defend the Constitution.