Colorado Supreme Court Takes on Trump 14th Amendment Ballot Qualification Case

Published on November 22, 2023

The Colorado Supreme Court accepted an appeal to a lower court’s decision to put former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, scheduling oral arguments for Dec. 6 at 1 p.m. “The Court accepts the cross-applications,” the order reads. On Nov. 17, Colorado 2nd District Court Judge Sarah Wallace ruled in a 100-page opinion that Trump had “engaged” in an “insurrection” in the events of Jan. 6, 2021, but she said this was not grounds for disqualification because Section 3 of the 14th Amendment does not apply to U.S. presidents. The filing ended in a one-line order that Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold put President Trump on the Republican primary ballot as a candidate....